Does Julian Assange Illustrate a Gap in Law that should be Codified?

Authors

Hamish Tye

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article dissects the legality and purpose of diplomatic asylum, an intrinsically controversial area of international law. It becomes evident that diplomatic asylum residing in a grey area of international law suits many states. It provides an opportunity to reject diplomatic asylum as illegal when it suits a state but grant diplomatic asylum when an opportune moment arises. I conclude that it would be appropriate to introduce a form of diplomatic asylum internationally. Diplomatic asylum appears as a legal concept which persists in providing politically persecuted individuals protection regardless of the criticism grants of diplomatic asylum receive. Therefore Julian Assange illustrates a gap in international law should be codified in a range of regional treaties allowing for cultural and political difference to be accounted for.

Publication Date

2016-01-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Review

Volume

8

Issue

1

First Page

218

Last Page

238

ISSN

2054-149X

Deposit Date

April 2011

Embargo Period

2024-11-04

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Tye, Hamish (2016) "Does Julian Assange Illustrate a Gap in Law that should be Codified?," The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review: Vol. 8, Article 14.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/plcjr/vol8/iss1/14