Start your free trial with Squarespace! http://squarespace.com/brainfood

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling package:   / todayifoundout  

→Some of our favorites:    • Featured  
→Subscribe for new videos every day!
https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFo...

This video is sponsored by Squarespace.

Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week!

In this video:

While the idea of some form of diplomatic immunity has existed seemingly as long as there have been humans banding together in some form, the modern rules surrounding this were originally laid out in 1961 at the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, with to date 191 different nations ratifying that treaty. Pop culture would have you believe that these rules function as something of a “get out of jail free” card for any and all crimes committed by diplomats.

Want the text version?:http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.p...

Sources:

http://www.nber.org/papers/w12312.pdf
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encycloped...
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/d_to_g/di...
https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDet...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lo...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20...
http://www.state.gov/ofm/customs/c370...
http://www.rd.com/advice/diplomatic-i...
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/02/15/...
https://www.diplomacy.edu/resources/g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikko_a...

Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com.