Immunity - national proceedings

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Bolivia - Constitution (EN) 2009

PART II: FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE
TITLE I: LEGISLATIVE ORGAN
CHAPTER I: Composition and Attributes of the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly
Article 151
I. The members of the assembly shall enjoy personal privilege during the time of their mandate, and afterwards they may not be criminally processed for their
opinions, communications, representations, requests, questions,
denouncements, proposals, expressions or any legislative act or act of reporting or control, which they formulate or undertake while performing their functions.
II. The domicile, residence or habitat of the members of the assembly may not be violated, and they shall not be searched under any circumstance. This provision shall be applied to the vehicles of their personal or official use and to their legislative offices.

PART II: FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE
TITLE I: LEGISLATIVE ORGAN
CHAPTER I: Composition and Attributes of the Pluri-National Legislative Assembly
Article 152
The members of the assembly do not enjoy immunity. Preventive detention shall not be applied to them in criminal processes during their mandate, except in cases of flagrant crimes.

Rome Statute

Article 27 Irrelevance of official capacity

1. This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence.

2. Immunities or special procedural rules which may attach to the official capacity of a person, whether under national or international law, shall not bar the Court from exercising its jurisdiction over such a person.