2.6 Inviolability

Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the following premises and persons are inviolable:

• a mission's premises, furnishings and the property thereon, and its means of transport (Article 22),
• a mission's archives and documents (Article 24),
• a mission's official correspondence, diplomatic bag and diplomatic courier (Article 27),
• diplomatic agents and the family members of a diplomatic agent forming part of their household (Article 29 and Article 37(1)),
• members of the administrative and technical staff of a mission and members of their families forming part of their households (Article 37(2)),
• the private residences of diplomatic agents (Article 30) and members of the administrative and technical staff of a mission (Article 37(2) as well as their papers, correspondence and property (Article 30(2)) and
• diplomatic agents and members of their families who pass through Sweden, provided they are travelling to or returning from a post (Article 40).