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> This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes

Anyway, it really doesn't make sense to talk about asylum in relation to the country being fled. The declaration is a statement of what the destination state should do when it recognizes a case of persecution. 'Persecution' is inherently a subjective concept.




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