right to asylum

  • 11Asylum and Immigration Tribunal — The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) is a tribunal constituted in the United Kingdom with jurisdiction to hear appeals from many immigration and asylum decisions. It was created on 4 April 2005, replacing the former Immigration Appellate… …

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  • 12asylum — /asaylam/ A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. Shelter; refuge; protection from the hand of justice. The word includes not only place …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13asylum — /asaylam/ A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. Shelter; refuge; protection from the hand of justice. The word includes not only place …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 14Asylum (Colombia/Peru) — In the Asylum Case (Columbia v Peru), judgement 20 November 1950 (General List No. 7 (1949 1950)), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recognised that Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice encompassed local custom… …

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  • 15Asylum —    As a signatory to the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, Austria agreed to give refugees the same treatment as other foreigners resident in the country. In some respects, they could enjoy the privileges of Austrian citizens. They had legal… …

    Historical dictionary of Austria

  • 16Right to die — For other uses, see Right to die (disambiguation). Suicide …

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  • 17Asylum — A*sy lum, n.; pl. E. {Asylums}, L. {Asyla}. [L. asylum, Gr. ?, fr. ? exempt from spoliation, inviolable; a priv. + ? right of seizure.] 1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 18Asylum shopping — is a term used mostly in the context of the European Union and the Schengen area of the phenomenon where an asylum seeker applies for asylum in several member states in order to find the easiest acceptance or best social security payments,… …

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  • 19Asylum Years — Сборник Тома Уэйтса …

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  • 20asylum — early 15c., earlier asile (late 14c.), from L. asylum sanctuary, from Gk. asylon refuge, noun use of neut. of asylos inviolable, safe from violence, especially of persons seeking protection, from a without + syle right of seizure. So literally an …

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