According to the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights', which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Declaration provides that everyone has the right to seek asylum and stay in other countries to escape prosecution for political crimes.
2. The Declaration provides that everyone has the freedom to change nationality and is free from arbitrary deprivation of nationality.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A.1 only
B.2 only✓ Correct
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Article 14 of the UDHR provides the right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution, but this right ‘may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes' – it specifically excludes political crimes in the manner stated in option 1 (which is the reverse of UDHR's text – UDHR protects from persecution, not prosecution for political crimes). Statement 1 as worded is incorrect. Article 15 of UDHR provides that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality – so statement 2 is correct.
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