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Practice question: Treatment of Aliens

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Practice question

An alien lawfully present faces expulsion. No compelling national-security reasons are invoked. Authorities refuse any opportunity to submit reasons against expulsion or seek review, relying solely on foreign nationality. What follows from ICCPR Article 13?
  1. Foreign status automatically validates the procedure.
  2. Article 13 guarantees permanent residence in every case.
  3. The refusal conflicts with the specified procedural safeguards.
  4. Article 13 requires the person's home government to decide the case.
  5. Every expulsion must be decided by the ICJ.

Legal references

  • ICCPR, Articles 9, 13 and 14: https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICCPR.html

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