By Lustitia Aequalis Understanding the Right Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights  states: 1.  Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. 2.  This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. This right safeguards people who are fleeing persecution—whether for their race, religion, polit