Abstract

RONQUILLO RIERA, Orlando Iván; RIVERA VELASCO, Luis Antonio  and  PAUCAR PAUCAR, César Elias. The Assange case and the principle of non-refoulement. Dilemas contemp. educ. política valores [online]. 2021, vol.9, n.1, 00059.  Epub Nov 03, 2021. ISSN 2007-7890.  https://doi.org/10.46377/dilemas.v9i1.2894.

The principle of non-refoulement is an institution of international law, whose purpose is to give the necessary security to a person who enjoys diplomatic protection by the state; non-refoulement is contemplated in innumerable international human rights instruments, including the American Convention on Human Rights. Ecuador in 2012 granted diplomatic asylum in the London embassy and 7 years later, it unjustifiably withdraws this asylum, leaving it immersed in a much more precarious legal situation than the one that was initially before the asylum; faced with such a situation, Ecuador disrespected the principle of non-refoulement contained in its Magna Carta and other supranational norms.

Keywords : Assange; non-refoulement; rights; asylum.

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