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Source: Australian Associated Press
JULIAN Assange's legal team will likely apply to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to get the activist out of London to diplomatic asylum in Ecuador.
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The ICJ is the world's top arbitration body for disputes between states.
Speaking through an interpreter on the sidelines of the International Council of Archives Congress in Brisbane, Mr Garzon said the United Kingdom is bound by international law to offer his client safe passage to asylum.
The UK could be ordered into negotiations with Ecuador if the ICJ finds in favour of an application.
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"Mr Assange does not refuse to being tried in Sweden," he said.
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