Convention Provisions on Sovereign Asylum Right
The Draft Convention on Territorial Asylum, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1974, addresses the right of states to grant asylum.
Article 1 of the Draft Convention explicitly states that the recognition of asylum as a sovereign right of a State, and the conditions under which it may be granted, are matters for every State to determine in accordance with its own legislation and in the light of international instruments relating to refugees and stateless persons.
Therefore, the convention acknowledges that granting asylum is a sovereign prerogative of individual states.
Important Questions from Public International Law
- Assertion (A) : Ratifying international conventions has impacted legislations, policies and programmes for women and children.
Reason (R) : Non-compliance with the article in the conventions leads to punitive measures against the transgressing state.
Select the most suitable option : - "The Law of nations is that collection of usages which civilized states have agreed to observe in their dealings with one another". This definition of International law is given by Lord Coleridge"-in :
- In which of the following cases it was held that "there is no distinction between defacto and dejure recognition for the purpose of giving effect to the international acts of the recognised authority"?
- Mention the following decisions in a chronological order on Extradition :
(a) Mubarak Ali Ahmed V State of Bombay
(b) Hans Muller of Nurremberg V Suptt. Presidency Jail Calcutta and Others
(c) Ram Babu Saxena V State
(d) State of Madras V C.G. Menon
Choose the correct option : - Given below are two statements – one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R)
Assertion (A) : Subject to rules of Jus cogens local customary law can supplement or derogate from general custom
Reasons (R) : International law does not recognise the concept of local custom
In the light of the above two statements choose the correct option
