22 U.S.C. § 288b
Baggage and effects of officers and employees exempted from customs duties and internal revenue taxes
Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, the baggage and effects of alien officers and employees of international organizations, or of aliens designated by foreign governments to serve as their representatives in or to such organizations, or of the families, suites, and servants of such officers, employees, or representatives shall be admitted (when imported in connection with the arrival of the owner) free of customs duties and free of internal-revenue taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1960–2008 · leading case: United States v. Melekh
United States v. Melekh (1960)
“The distinction between governmental representatives and United Nations officers appears in the United Nations Charter, Article 105, and in the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945, 22 U.S.C.A. §§ 288b and 288d. This distinction is of decisive importance in the…”
Veiga v. World Meteorological Organization (2008)
“22 U.S.C. § 288b. Section 288d extends that immunity to acts performed by officers and employees of international organizations in their official capacity and falling within their jurisdictions.”
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