Problem
Lack of individual rights to political asylum
Other Names:
Denying sanctuaryDenial of right to political asylum
Nature:
Under international law, the protection granted by a state to a foreign citizen against his own state, is a right of the state not of the individual. The person for whom asylum may be established has no legal right to demand it, and the state has no obligation to grant it. Under such legislation, a person unable or unwilling to return to his country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or for political opinion, is never certain that his request will be conceded definitively. Broader Problems:
Rejection of refugeesDenial of rights to vulnerable groups Related Problems:
Uncontrolled immigrationIllegal movement across frontiersDenial of right to economic asylumDenial of right to cultural asylum Reduced By:
Terrorist havensStrategies:
Denying right to political asylumProviding sufficient individual rights to political asylum Values:
RightsSelf-denialDenialLack Subject(s):
Society → IndividualsSociety → Exiles
Communication → Censorship
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Government → Political
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
20.06.1997 – 00:00 CEST