Sammendrag
This article deals with the duty of care that states hold in relation to their citizens
abroad — more specifically, the double role of diplomatic personnel, as both providers
and recipients of care. The focus of discussion is states’ duty of care for diplomatic
personnel, raising questions of how this care can be balanced with the duty of care
for citizens and how far this duty stretches. The article first emphasizes the threats,
before focusing on the means of protection: evacuation; physical structures; and psychological
care. A tension remains, for as states fulfil their duty of care towards personnel
through increasing security, they might at the same time reduce their personnel’s
capacity to provide care for citizens. One solution for this tension — outsourcing and
local personnel — tests the limits of care.
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