For the purposes of the present draft articles, diplomatic protection consists of the invocation by a State, through diplomatic action or other means of peaceful settlement, of the responsibility of another State for an injury caused by an internationally wrongful act of that State to a natural or legal person that is a national of the former State with a view to the implementation of such responsibility.
为本条款草案的目的，外交保护是指一国对于另一国国际不法行为给属于本国国民的自然人或法人造成损害，通过外交行动或其他和平解决手段援引另一国的责任，以期使该国责任得到履行。