Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

Asylum Case (Colombia/Peru)

ICJ Reports 1950, p. 266 · International Court of Justice

Diplomatic asylum in a mission is not a unilateral right under general international law without a binding custom or treaty.

From topic

Diplomatic and consular immunities — Unit IV, Public International Law.

Related sections:

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, 22 — Inviolability of the mission premises
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, 29 — Person of the diplomatic agent inviolable
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, 31 — Immunity from criminal jurisdiction
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, 36 — Communication with nationals