The Right to Life During Armed Conflict: Disabled Peoples' International v. United States

Authors

David Weissbrodt, University of Minnesota Law SchoolFollow
Beth Andrus

Publication

Harvard International Law Journal

Volume

29

Page

59

Year

1988

Abstract

Because of persecution, civil war, and economic despair, millions of people flee from their homes and go to live in other countries where they can stabilize their lives and find a safe place for themselves and their families. In 1998, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated the number of people fleeing their home countries to exceed 22 million. 1 The right to seek and enjoy asylum is a well established principle in international law. 2 It has, however, been interpreted consistently as the right of the sovereign state to grant or deny asylum to those within its territory, rather than the absolute right of the individual to be granted asylum. 3

Comments

The copyright in the Harvard International Law Journal is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, and the copyright in the article is held by the author.

Recommended Citation

David Weissbrodt and Beth Andrus, The Right to Life During Armed Conflict: Disabled Peoples' International v. United States, 29 Harv. Int'l. L. J. 59 (1988), available at https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/faculty_articles/363.