PART VEXPERTS

17.

Except in so far as in any particular case any immunity or privilege is waived by the Agency, experts (other than officers of the Agency) serving on committees of the Agency or performing missions for the Agency, including missions as inspectors under Article XII of the Statute of the Agency2 or as project examiners under Article XI thereof shall enjoy:—

(a)

immunity from suit and legal process in respect of things done or omitted to be done by them in the performance of their official functions;

(b)

while exercising their functions and during their journeys in connection with service on such committees or missions, the like immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage and the like inviolability for all papers and documents as is accorded to a diplomatic agent; and

(c)

while exercising their functions and during their journeys in connection with service on such committees or missions, the like exemptions and privileges in respect of their personal baggage as in accordance with Article 36 of the 1961 Convention Articles are accorded to a diplomatic agent.