Are there limits to it? Are there other procedures for punishing diplomats who break laws?
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Diplomatic immunity is designed to prevent a host government from unjustly targeting or criminalizing a diplomat. There are a lot of laws in every country, and diplomats change locations every two to four years. It is difficult to understand some languages, street signs, and even learning every law that could apply is impossible. Willful violations as others explained, and egregious ones will definitely be prosecuted in some way, immunity is designed so diplomats aren’t getting in trouble for inadvertently breaking laws they did not understand or were unaware of. I was a diplomat’s daughter, and I used diplomatic immunity inadvertently a few times. I was pulled over and taken into custody for riding a motor scooter in Bolivia, I was pulled over for speeding in Canada, and in both cases let go with everything dropped.
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