Per Article 22 of the Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations, the premises of a diplomatic mission are inviolable. Unless you’re Israel, which bombed the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1. And unless you’re Ecuador,

Mexico accused Ecuador of a blatant violation of international law before the top U.N. court on Tuesday, asserting there was no legal defense for storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted asylum by Mexico.

Mexico is suing Ecuador at the world court over the armed raid that led to the arrest of the Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas, saying it violated the Vienna Convention.

Mexico welcomed the return of its Ecuador embassy personnel on Sunday, two days after police raided the facility in an act that triggered an abrupt diplomatic break while provoking global shock and condemnation of the South American nation.

Ecuador has filed a complaint at the United Nations' top court over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas.