DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION FOR CITIZEN BASED ONINTERNATIONAL LAW
Abstract
The state has the obligation to provide diplomatic protection for its citizens. Based on the
principle of maximum protection the state is obliged to provide protection for its own
citizens. However, in reality the state is often unable to carry out the responsibility of
providing protection, even other states actually carry out oppressionactsto their citizens. This
study aims to analyze the regulation related to diplomatic protection for its citizen who is
abroad based on international law, and analyze the implementation of the 2006 ILC Draft
Articles on Diplomatic Protection to the case of football players. The type of this study which
used was normative legal research. Diplomatic protection was carried out with three
conditions, namely, an international wrongful act, Exhaustion of Local Remedies and Link of
Nationality. There was significant difference related to Diplomatic Protection which carried
out by developed country and developing country.