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The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (asylum from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon) 'sanctuary'), [1] [2] is a juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another entity which in medieval times could offer sanctuary.
Dec 17, 2019 · Extensive institutionalisation of people with mental disorders has a brief history lasting just 150 years. Yet asylums feature prominently in modern perceptions of psychiatry's development, on a mental map drawn in sharp contrasts between humanity and barbarity, knowledge and ignorance, and good and bad practice. This Review seeks to nuance the standard narrative of asylums by considering the ...
- Robert Houston
- 2020
- From Bethlem to Bedlam
- The Asylum That Looked Like A Palace
- The Palace Starts to Crumble
Bethlem was founded in the mid-13thcentury at its original Bishopsgate location in London (where Liverpool Street Station now stands) as a religious order dedicated to St Mary of Bethlem. It evolved into a “hospital”, which in medieval parlance described a refuge for anyone who was unable to care for themselves rather than a medical facility. Inevi...
In 1676, Bethlem was rebuilt on a new site in Moorfields. The need to upgrade was very real – Bethlem’s Bishopsgate building was a cramped hovel with an open drain running through it – but the transformation went far beyond mere practicality. Bethlem’s new home was a wildly opulent architectural statement designed by an assistant to Christopher Wre...
Bethlem’s grandeur turned out to be entirely superficial. In fact, its extravagant façade was so heavy that it quickly began to crack, exposing residents to significant leaking. It even emerged that the hospital, which was constructed on rubble surrounding the London Wall, lacked proper foundations. It really was little more than a flimsy façade. T...
- Harry Atkins
Oct 3, 2024 · asylum, in international law, the protection granted by a state to a foreign citizen against his own state. The person for whom asylum is established has no legal right to demand it, and the sheltering state has no obligation to grant it. The right of asylum falls into three basic categories: territorial, extraterritorial, and neutral.
Jul 19, 2018 · The term ‘refugee’, beyond its legal definition in international law, has its etymological roots in the word ‘refuge’ in Old French, meaning ‘hiding place’. 9. Up to the early twentieth century, displaced or persecuted individuals and groups in Europe were able to move quite freely to other places and regions. 10.
- Adel-Naim Reyhani
- adel-naim.reyhani@univie.ac.at
- 2019
sylums: the historical perspective. Asylums: the historical perspective before, during, and afterReaders thinking about mental healthcare in todays developed world probably envisage clinics and hospitals. funded by the state, providing in- and out-patient treatment. But as late as the 1750s there were just three public asylums in England and ...
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Feb 3, 2015 · The highly publicised decision by Ecuador, in June 2012, to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, which prompted a Resolution of the Organisation of American States recalling the inviolability of diplomatic premises, 12 as well as the diplomatic dispute in 2013 involving several countries across the world in the case of Edward Snowden, which saw the European Parliament debating a ...
