Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
ridicarea imunitatii parlamentare
English translation:
waiving parliamentary immunity
Added to glossary by
Lavinia Pirlog
Oct 2, 2002 07:11
21 yrs ago
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ridicare
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A cerut ridicarea imunitatii parlamentare.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | lift/withdraw/waive |
Inga Murariu
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| 4 +3 | to lift someone's immunity |
Endre Both
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| 4 +1 | to strip |
Serge L
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| 5 | waive |
Tudor Soiman
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Proposed translations
+9
59 mins
Inga Murariu
Moldova
Moldova
Native in Romanian
Moldova
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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lift/withdraw/waive
http://www.syria-people-council.org/english/bylaws/ch2.html
Article No. /22/:
The Parliament’s member shall not waive immunity without the permission of the Parliament.
http://english.pravda.ru/politics/2001/11/01/19862.html
The Russian Federation State Duma (the parliament) voted to withdraw the deputy immunity from the Union of Rightist Forces faction member, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for budget and revenues, Vladimir Golovlev.
http://http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200207/17/eng200207...
Zambia's National Assembly, the country's parliament, Tuesday lifted former president Fredrick Chiluba's immunity so he could be arrested and face prosecution on corruption charges.
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So far I found the phrase \"to waive immunity\" only in relation to diplomats. See below.
From: http://www.madd.ca/news/n010129.htm
Canada has taken the rare step of asking the Russian government to waive immunity for one of its top diplomats after he allegedly killed a prominent Ottawa lawyer in a drunk-driving accident. [...]
\"We have called the Russian ambassador into the Department of Foreign Affairs,\" John Manley, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday. \"He was presented with a formal request from our government that the Russian government waive diplomatic immunity in this case. [...]
If Russia refuses to waive immunity, Mr. Manley said the diplomat will likely be expelled from Canada immediately.
From: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/12/georgia.diplomat/
TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on Sunday announced he has decided to waive the diplomatic immunity of a high-ranking official involved in a multiple-car accident in the United States that killed a 16-year-old girl.
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Note added at 2002-10-02 10:58:09 (GMT)
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\"Witnesses who give evidence in a grand jury proceeding receive immunity from prosecution unless they waive immunity in writing in the presence of the grand jury.\" - In this case it seems to be a voluntary act.
It is best to ask a lawyer\'s opinion. I will try.
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Note added at 2002-10-04 06:14:23 (GMT) Post-grading
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Dear friends, here is a lawyer\'s comment, though slightly late, I still hope it is useful:
According to him, waive is the action taken by someone who is empowered to do so. In other words, if you are not able/empowered/in a position to \"give up\" something you cannot waive it. Therefore, it is usually used when someone/some institution undertakes the act of waiving in respect of itself/ someone else.
I don\'t know whether your Parliament members can unilaterally \"waive\' their own immunity. They may elect to forego immunity, I don\'t know, they cannot do that in Moldova ... You make the choice, Tweety!
Article No. /22/:
The Parliament’s member shall not waive immunity without the permission of the Parliament.
http://english.pravda.ru/politics/2001/11/01/19862.html
The Russian Federation State Duma (the parliament) voted to withdraw the deputy immunity from the Union of Rightist Forces faction member, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for budget and revenues, Vladimir Golovlev.
http://http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200207/17/eng200207...
Zambia's National Assembly, the country's parliament, Tuesday lifted former president Fredrick Chiluba's immunity so he could be arrested and face prosecution on corruption charges.
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Note added at 2002-10-02 10:48:18 (GMT)
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So far I found the phrase \"to waive immunity\" only in relation to diplomats. See below.
From: http://www.madd.ca/news/n010129.htm
Canada has taken the rare step of asking the Russian government to waive immunity for one of its top diplomats after he allegedly killed a prominent Ottawa lawyer in a drunk-driving accident. [...]
\"We have called the Russian ambassador into the Department of Foreign Affairs,\" John Manley, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday. \"He was presented with a formal request from our government that the Russian government waive diplomatic immunity in this case. [...]
If Russia refuses to waive immunity, Mr. Manley said the diplomat will likely be expelled from Canada immediately.
From: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/12/georgia.diplomat/
TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) -- Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on Sunday announced he has decided to waive the diplomatic immunity of a high-ranking official involved in a multiple-car accident in the United States that killed a 16-year-old girl.
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Note added at 2002-10-02 10:58:09 (GMT)
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\"Witnesses who give evidence in a grand jury proceeding receive immunity from prosecution unless they waive immunity in writing in the presence of the grand jury.\" - In this case it seems to be a voluntary act.
It is best to ask a lawyer\'s opinion. I will try.
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Note added at 2002-10-04 06:14:23 (GMT) Post-grading
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Dear friends, here is a lawyer\'s comment, though slightly late, I still hope it is useful:
According to him, waive is the action taken by someone who is empowered to do so. In other words, if you are not able/empowered/in a position to \"give up\" something you cannot waive it. Therefore, it is usually used when someone/some institution undertakes the act of waiving in respect of itself/ someone else.
I don\'t know whether your Parliament members can unilaterally \"waive\' their own immunity. They may elect to forego immunity, I don\'t know, they cannot do that in Moldova ... You make the choice, Tweety!
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Cristiana Coblis
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Andrei Albu
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Endre Both
: "waive" has a different meaning (see your ref. for an example), Oxford Concise says for instance: "to refrain from insisting on or using (a right, claim, opportunity, legitimate plea, etc.)."
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I encline to agree with you, Endre. The dictionary is right. Yet, please see above some more examples. Prove me wrong, I do not mind.
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Tehno
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thank you. i found "withdraw" to be the most widely used.
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Alina Matei
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Roxana Marian
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Crissy
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Tudor Soiman
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thank you. I just added a new comment about "waive", you may see it.
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Elvira Stoianov
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corin
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
16 mins
to strip
e.g.:
"For the first time in the history of the Knesset in which a member of Parliament is stripped of his/her immunity for political statements he/she made, the Israeli legislature recently stripped me of my parliamentary immunity. I was indicted on two counts: ..."
"The third player is Israel, where an audacious Knesset member, the Palestinian Azmi Bishara, has been stripped of his Parliamentary immunity and will soon be put on trial for incitement to violence, because he has long stood for the Palestinian right of resistance to occupation, arguing that, like every other state in the world, Israel should be the state of all of its citizens not just of the Jewish people."
HTH,
Serge L.
"For the first time in the history of the Knesset in which a member of Parliament is stripped of his/her immunity for political statements he/she made, the Israeli legislature recently stripped me of my parliamentary immunity. I was indicted on two counts: ..."
"The third player is Israel, where an audacious Knesset member, the Palestinian Azmi Bishara, has been stripped of his Parliamentary immunity and will soon be put on trial for incitement to violence, because he has long stood for the Palestinian right of resistance to occupation, arguing that, like every other state in the world, Israel should be the state of all of its citizens not just of the Jewish people."
HTH,
Serge L.
+3
45 mins
Endre Both
Germany
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Related KudoZ points
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59
to lift someone's immunity
...the standard term.
"strip" would be a tad more informal (still OK in journalistic style, especially in the US).
"strip" would be a tad more informal (still OK in journalistic style, especially in the US).
Reference:
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/amr220152000!opendocument&of=THEMES%5CINTERNATIONAL+JUSTICE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/europarl/Story/0,2763,469387,00.html
13 hrs
Tudor Soiman
Native in Romanian
Whenever you need quality on time
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, French to Romanian, Romanian to English
Related KudoZ points
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156
waive
According to the Rules on Parliamentary Immunity in the European Parliament and the Member States of the European Union this is the only technically correct term.
According to some constitutions, in order to remove immunity it is not sufficient that
flagrante delicto be verified, but the offence in question must also be a particularly serious one.
The procedure for waiving parliamentary immunity is normally regulated by parliamentary rules of procedure.
http://www.ecprd.org/Private/Publications/RulesParlImmu.pdf
According to some constitutions, in order to remove immunity it is not sufficient that
flagrante delicto be verified, but the offence in question must also be a particularly serious one.
The procedure for waiving parliamentary immunity is normally regulated by parliamentary rules of procedure.
http://www.ecprd.org/Private/Publications/RulesParlImmu.pdf
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