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Article 11 – Security

(1) The Portuguese Republic is under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect PCA Proceedings and Meetings conducted in its territory. The Appropriate Authorities shall ensure the security and tranquility of

PCA Proceedings and Meetings and protect against any intrusion, disturbance of the peace, or impairment of the

dignity of PCA Proceedings and Meetings. As may be required for the purpose, the Appropriate Authorities shall

provide adequate physical protection on the boundaries and in the vicinity of any office or meeting space provided

to the PCA. In all cases, security arrangements shall be made in consultation with the Secretary-General or an

Official of the PCA designated as his representative.

(2) The Portuguese Republic shall treat PCA Adjudicators and their partners, Officials of the PCA and their partners, Participants in Proceedings, and other persons attending PCA Meetings with due respect and shall take

all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on their person, freedom, or dignity. As may be required for the purpose,

to be determined in consultation with the Secretary-General or an Official of the PCA designated as his

representative, the Appropriate Authorities shall provide adequate physical protection for such persons during their

travel within and sojourn in the territory of the Portuguese Republic.

Article 12 – Entry into Host State and Facilitation of Travel

(1) The Portuguese Republic shall take all reasonable measures to facilitate and allow the entry into and

sojourn in its territory of non-residents and non-nationals who enter as PCA Adjudicators or Members of their

Families, Officials of the PCA or Members of their Families, Participants in Proceedings, and other persons

attending PCA Meetings.

(2) The Portuguese Republic shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that any visas which may be

required for any of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 are issued as promptly as possible, and without charge,

in order to allow the timely conduct of official business pertaining to the PCA.

(3) No activity performed by any person referred to in paragraph 1 performed in his capacity with respect to

the PCA shall constitute a reason for preventing his or her entry into or departure from the territory of the

Portuguese Republic or for requiring him or her to leave the territory of the Portuguese Republic.

(4) Subject to its laws and regulations concerning zones into which entry is prohibited or regulated for

reasons of national security, the Portuguese Republic shall ensure freedom of movement and travel in its territory

to the persons referred to in paragraph 1. As may be required for the purpose, to be determined in consultation

with the Secretary-General or an Official of the PCA designated as his representative, the Portuguese Republic

shall make available appropriate transportation to enable such persons to attend any PCA Proceeding or Meeting.

Article 13 – Regional Cooperation

The Portuguese Republic recognizes the importance of regional cooperation for the effective settlement of

international and regional disputes. The Portuguese Republic shall therefore communicate the existence of the

facilities designated pursuant to this Agreement to the competent officials in other States of the same region and

encourage their use for PCA Proceedings.

Article 14 – International Responsibility

The Portuguese Republic shall not incur any international responsibility for acts or omissions of the PCA or of

Officials of the PCA acting or abstaining from acting within the scope of their functions, other than the international

responsibility which the Portuguese Republic would incur as a Contracting Party to the 1899 and 1907

Convention.