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Title:A critical legal perspective to Nigeria's granting of asylum to Charles Taylor
Author:Agwu, Frederick
Year:2004
Periodical:Nigerian Journal of International Affairs
Volume:30
Issue:1
Pages:26-49
Language:English
Geographic terms:Nigeria
Liberia
Subjects:right of asylum
offences against human rights
About person:Charles McArthur Ghankay TaylorISNI
Abstract:This article contends that the concept of asylum as a designated place of refuge for innocent people running away from persecution should not include indicted criminals. It therefore questions Nigeria's granting of asylum to the former head of State of Liberia, Charles Taylor. It notes that Articles 25 and 48 of the United Nations Charter vis-à-vis the creation of the Sierra Leone Special Court by the United Nations Security Council, and the United Nations General Assembly's Resolutions 2312 of 1967 and 3074 of 1973 prohibit territorial asylum to persons with respect to whom there are serious reasons to suspect that they have committed crimes against peace or humanity, or war crimes. Thus, Nigeria's granting asylum to Charles Taylor raises critical legal questions that suggest its illegality. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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