Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

safe-conduct

Int'Z law. 1. A privilege granted by a belligerent allowing an enemy, a neutral, or some other person to travel within or through a designated area for a specified purpose. 2. A document conveying this privilege. "Safe-conduct .... The grantee is inviolable so long as he complies with the conditions imposed on him or necessitated by the circumstances of the case. Unless stated, a safe-conduct does not cover goods or luggage. They may be given also for ships and for goods. To be effective under international law the grant must have been arranged between belligerents." David M. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 1098 (1980).