Activity 13: Seeking Asylum and the Law.
Seeking Asylum and the Law
After the Second World War and the Holocaust, international courts and institutions were established. These were designed to set down universal laws that could not be broken by nations with leaders who abused their power.
In 1948 the Declaration of Human Rights was established by the United Nations.
After the Second World War and the Holocaust, international courts and institutions were established. These were designed to set down universal laws that could not be broken by nations with leaders who abused their power.
In 1948 the Declaration of Human Rights was established by the United Nations.
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Read Article 14 of this Declaration
“Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.”
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What do you understand by the word ‘asylum’?
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What do you understand by the word ‘persecution’?
