The answer will surprise you...?

Question

Who started Diplomatic Immunity...?

Dont trust...Wikipedia...read a book man...

Answer 1

Ghengis Khan started it.

My question is, who ended it?

Edit: Ghengis Khan refused to spare Babylon very specifically because they killed his envoys while he respected all diplomats. There may have been later agreements and formal treaties but I am pretty sure Ghengis gets crdit for the first to implement and adhere to the concept.

Answer 2

If memory serves me right it was started by Genghis Khan but the first country to offer 'diplomatic immunity' was Great Britain in 1709 after a Russian diplomat was verbally abused by a London Sheriff/Constable.

Answer 3

Congress of VIENNA in 1815 is the legal source - An international conference hosted by Austria in 1814-15
which established the ground rules for relations between civilized nations

The French jurist Pierre Ayrault 1536-1601 wrote about it
theory and that makes him the "Father" of the concept.The natural law basis of diplomatic immunity was made by Franciscus de Victoria, 1532,

But it seems it may be the Vatican, The Holy See, Rome.
is the real source.

http://bcc.rcav.org/06-09-11/columns.htm

Seems only one country has ever really trampled on this right and tradition: Iran.

Answer 4

Would this book help? It's called "The History of Diplomatic Immunity", by Linda and Marsha Frey. According to this article/review, Diplomatic Immunity comes from ancient Greece, where messengers going from one city-state to another were allowed to pass at will without fear of being attacked due to their being from an enemy nation.

http://www.umt.edu/urelations/rview/399/diploma.htm

Answer 5

The British in 1709 (according to Wikipedia, for whatever that's worth)

Answer 6

The Mongols?

Answer 7

I agree.