Translation of "Vienna Convention " (English → French) :

International nuclear liability is governed by two instruments: the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear energy of 1960.

on the draft Council decision authorising certain Member States to ratify, or to accede to, the Protocol amending the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 21 May 1963, in the interest of the European Union, and to make a declaration on the application of the relevant internal rules of Union law

– having regard to the Protocol of 12 September 1997 amending the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 21 May 1963 (06658/2013),

15. Notes that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which all Member States are party, entitles suspects and defendants to consular assistance from the country of which they are a national, and that people should be made aware of this right, and the EU and Member States should work for the strengthening and modernisation of the Convention to give more effective protection eg. to make representations when safeguards are being violated and to represent a Member State's refugees and long-term residents who are not citizens of the European Union; notes that consular assistance, as provided for by the Vienna Convention, shall be g ...[+++]uaranteed by the presence of an official who should be responsible for looking after the rights of suspects and defendants and should liaise with the families and lawyers of those concerned;

16. Notes that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, to which all Member States are party, entitles suspects and defendants to consular assistance from the country of which they are a national, and that people should be made aware of this right, and the EU and Member States should work for the strengthening and modernisation of the Convention to give more effective protection eg. to make representations when safeguards are being violated and to represent a Member State's refugees and long term residents who are non-citizens of the European Union; Consular assistance, as provided for by the Vienna Convention, shall be guaranteed b ...[+++]y the presence of an official who should be responsible for looking after the rights of suspects and defendants and should liaise with the families and lawyers of those in question;

The Vienna convention in the context of other international conventions particularly those governing human rights which would take precedence over the Vienna convention, does not protect an individual who commits indictable offences such as rape, assault or murder.