Molefi v. The Principal Legal Adviser and Others

Abstract

The individual in international law — Aliens — Expulsion of aliens — Right of expulsion — Refugees — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 — Municipallaw prohibiting expulsion in breach of the Convention — Applicability to alien fleeing to avoid prosecution for political activities — The law of Lesotho

States as international persons — State succession — International conventions — Treaty in force in dependent territory prior to independence — Dependent territory becoming independent State — Declaration by Prime Minister of newly independent State that State accepted all multilateral conventions in force in former dependent territory for interim period — Whether amounting to accession — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 — The law of Lesotho