nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180830-175009-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180830s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180830-175009-0 doi eng 342 23 Erson Asar, Bilge Author aut Prosecuting a Judge that Enjoys Diplomatic Immunity: the Case of Judge Aydın Sefa Akay Erson Asar, Bilge Verfassungsblog 2018-08-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier After the coup attempt on 15 July 2016, more than 80,000 people have been detained in Turkey. One of the most interesting incidents was undoubtedly the arrest of International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals’ (MICT) (former) Judge Aydın Sefa Akay. The main problem in this situation was whether Judge Akay enjoyed diplomatic immunity even from his own State’s jurisdiction. What happened with Judge Akay has manifested the deficiency of international rules regarding the immunity of international judges and, moreover, that said rules must be so articulated that they leave no room for similar incidents in the future. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Diplomatic Immunity judicial independence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/prosecuting-a-judge-that-enjoys-diplomatic-immunity-the-case-of-judge-aydin-sefa-akay/ raw object