inviolable

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Under the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, consular premises are considered "inviolable".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

The “international community” treats that project as inviolable, inevitable, untouchable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Charter of 1945, guaranteeing all nations the right to independence and inviolable sovereignty.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

With that selflessness at the core of public service, he wrote: “I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment by services faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

This was my view, and I saw nonviolence in the Gandhian model not as an inviolable principle but as a tactic to be used as the situation demanded.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela