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If a country agrees to grant him asylum are they under any obligation to stick to that agreement? i.e. Can he just apply to as many places as possible, and tru
by corin_ 13y ago
If a country agrees to grant him asylum are they under any obligation to stick to that agreement?
i.e. Can he just apply to as many places as possible, and trust whichever of the offers he likes the most, or does he have to worry that maybe a country would offer the asylum while having a secret agreement already in place with the US to extradite him as soon as he is in their power?
- skwirl 13y agoI think that would seriously damage the reputation of the country granting "asylum." I cannot imagine that could possibly be worth it.
- znowi 13y agoI'd say whoever grants Snowden asylum will be seen as Robin Hood by many people :)
- jessaustin 13y agoGP meant that offering asylum and then turning Snowden over to USA custody would cause a damaged reputation. I think that's optimistic...
- Afforess 13y agoThat would be Non-refoulement, and a major violation of the UN agreement. I am not sure of any physical consequences to the country that does this, beyond a damaged reputation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-refoulement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-refoulement
- stonemetal 13y agoHaving asylum revoked is certainly possible. If you have asylum in the US being convicted of certain crimes is enough to get it revoked.