Timeline for Could Ecuador get Julian Assange out of the UK by giving him some mail to deliver?
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| Jan 10, 2023 at 4:37 | comment | added | Acccumulation | @phoog If there was a law that passed in 1964, then the law passing is something that happened. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 23:17 | comment | added | phoog | @Acccumulation "what happened in 1964?": The word "act" here refers to a law, not to something that happened. | |
| Jan 19, 2018 at 8:46 | comment | added | jwenting | @dan-klasson that UN statement isn't law, certainly not in the UK. It's not even an international treaty, let alone one to which the UK is a signatory. Thus the UK is in no way bound by it, just as Israel is in no way bound by the multitude of UN statements calling for its destruction. | |
| Jan 17, 2018 at 5:59 | history | edited | James K | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 16, 2018 at 23:09 | comment | added | Acccumulation | "He would then wait in jail for a judge to decide his fate with reference to the 1964 act" What happened in 1964? | |
| Jan 16, 2018 at 22:36 | comment | added | Nobody | Preambles often aren't legally binding, they at most give some guidance on how to deal with ambiguity in the actual legal text. What is the legal status of this specific preamble? | |
| Jan 16, 2018 at 18:51 | comment | added | David Richerby | The whole thing about the status of the UN Working Group opinion has already been done to death in comments on anther answer that have been moved to chat Please, we don't need to repeat it here. | |
| Jan 16, 2018 at 10:54 | comment | added | dan-klasson | According to a U.N ruling, the U.K government is obligated to give him free passage to any country he wants. So the U.K government is clearly breaking international laws. | |
| Jan 15, 2018 at 19:26 | comment | added | SJuan76 | @Sneftel also, in the current situation if the UK does nothing then the status quo is maintained (Assange is not in custody, but he is effectively locked in at the ambassy). If Assange were used as a courier, doing nothing would mean that Assange would escape and get definitely out of reach from the UK police. | |
| Jan 15, 2018 at 18:43 | comment | added | origimbo | @Sneftel That's probably setting too bad a precedent in terms of how other states could treat UK diplomatic missions, whereas the Assange situation isn't one they think they'll get in to. | |
| Jan 15, 2018 at 18:32 | comment | added | Sneftel | In that case, why hasn't the UK already arrested him, arguing that the purpose of an embassy is not to prevent the arrest of an individual? | |
| Jan 15, 2018 at 18:30 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 3.0 |