Some considerable protection would be offered by full implementation of the provisions of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR), which provides, in its Article 36(1), that:
La mise en oeuvre pleine et entière des dispositions de la convention de Vienne sur les relations consulaires (1963) permettrait d'accorder un haut niveau de protection; cette convention dispose, en son article 36, paragraphe 1, ce qui suit: