Australian Foreign Affairs says UN Assange ruling not binding

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By Chris Duckett | February 11, 2016 -- 01:08 GMT (17:08 PST)

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs does not believe a United Nations panel's ruling that Julian Assange is being "arbitrarily detained" is legally binding.

Nor has it made any representations to the British or Swedish governments about the ruling.

Department official Jon Philp told a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra that no representations have been made to Sweden about Assange's case since December 2011.

"He is receiving due process under those legal systems," he said ...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-foreign-affairs-says-un-assange-ruling-not-binding/

[ronnie624]

1. Of course it's not "binding".

The term doesn't even apply in this context.