Considerations on the Right to Asylum

Abstract

Hugo Grotius, considered one of the fathers of public international law, was the one who triedsince 1625 to define the concept of asylum in the legal sphere in his writings, especially in his work"De jure belli ac pacis."While internationally there is no concrete definition of the term asylum, the application forasylum is considered a fundamental human right that emerges from legal instruments related tothis matter, adapted to the goal of cooperation of states at intergovernmental level and evennational level, according to art. 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulatesthat "in case of persecution, everyone has the right to seek and enjoy asylum in other countries. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from a crime or fromacts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations ".

Keywords

• fundamental rights
• the right to asylum seekers
• the right to receive