1889 : le droit international d’asile et la mémoire de l’exil en Amérique du sud

Abstract

The 1889 International Penal Treaty of Montevideo created international asylum law in South America. This article explores the historical memory of South American asylum law, in part hidden behind an image of the region as one producing exile and the rise of the European regime since the interwar period. It is, however, its own particular tradition of asylum, linked to the recognition of diplomatic asylum and the importance of exile in the political order of the region, which translated into its early and sustained codification as a category of international law, which was extended to all of Latin America in the 20th century.

Keywords

• Asylum law
• Exile
• Congress of Private International Law of Montevideo
• International American Conferences
• International law