Convention on Diplomatic Asylum

Convention on Diplomatic Asylum
TypeMultilateral, inter-American
Signed28 March 1954 (1954-03-28)
LocationCaracas, Venezuela
Effective29 December 1954 (1954-12-29)
ConditionDeposit of second ratification
PartiesArgentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
DepositaryOrganization of American States
LanguagesEnglish, French, Portuguese, Spanish
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The Convention on Diplomatic Asylum[a] was signed on 28 March 1954 at the tenth Pan-American Conference, held in Caracas.

The signatories who ratified the convention were Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Six other states signed but did not ratify it: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras and Nicaragua.[1]

The convention followed the precedent established by the case of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre – a Peruvian politician who was granted asylum by Colombia in 1949, at their embassy in Lima, where he stayed for five years until being allowed to leave the country.[2]


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