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If a country agrees to grant him asylum are they under any obligation to stick to that agreement?

i.e. Can he just apply to as many places as possible, and trust whichever of the offers he likes the most, or does he have to worry that maybe a country would offer the asylum while having a secret agreement already in place with the US to extradite him as soon as he is in their power?



I think that would seriously damage the reputation of the country granting "asylum." I cannot imagine that could possibly be worth it.


I'd say whoever grants Snowden asylum will be seen as Robin Hood by many people :)


GP meant that offering asylum and then turning Snowden over to USA custody would cause a damaged reputation. I think that's optimistic...


That would be Non-refoulement, and a major violation of the UN agreement. I am not sure of any physical consequences to the country that does this, beyond a damaged reputation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-refoulement


Having asylum revoked is certainly possible. If you have asylum in the US being convicted of certain crimes is enough to get it revoked.




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