Convention on Diplomatic Asylum
| Type | Multilateral, inter-American |
|---|---|
| Signed | 28 March 1954 |
| Location | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Effective | 29 December 1954 |
| Condition | Deposit of second ratification |
| Parties | Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| Depositary | Organization of American States |
| Languages | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Full text | |
 Convention on Diplomatic Asylum at Wikisource | |
The Convention on Diplomatic Asylum[a] was signed on 28 March 1954 at the tenth Pan-American Conference, held in Caracas.
The signatories who ratified the convention were Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Six other states signed but did not ratify it: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras and Nicaragua.[1]
The convention followed the precedent established by the case of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre – a Peruvian politician who was granted asylum by Colombia in 1949, at their embassy in Lima, where he stayed for five years until being allowed to leave the country.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ French: Convention sur l'asile diplomatique, Portuguese: Convenção sobre Asilo Diplomático, Spanish: Convención sobre Asilo Diplomático.
- ^ Hughes-Gerber, Laura (2021-05-12), "Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (Caracas) 1954", Diplomatic Asylum: Exploring a Legal Basis for the Practice Under General International Law, Springer Nature, p. 118, ISBN 978-3-030-73046-8
- ^ Asylum (Colombia/Peru), International Court of Justice, 1950
External links
[edit]- Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (text via treaties.un.org)
- Convention on Diplomatic Asylum (ratification information, etc. via oas.org)
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