What are the legal frameworks governing migration and immigration in different countries? Countries have their own laws to manage migration and immigration, often influenced by international agreements. For example, the 1951 Refugee Convention outlines the rights of refugees and the obligations of nations...
Yet Article 19 of the 1951 Refugee Convention legally obligates the U.S. government to respect and uphold refugees' fundamental right to practice liberal professions. Fulfillment of this duty requires the federal and state governments to adopt laws and systems that give refugees favorable treatment ...
The tension between practice and the law it informs is a helix. Established law may set a norm for practice until such a point that the two are so far apart that the norm-setting law is changed. As a slow process, this is usually not before continuously dynamic practice has moved on, ...
Excluding Justice: The Dangerous Intersection between Refugee Claims, Criminal Law, and 'Guilty' Asylum Seekers The 1951 Refugee Convention contains an 'exclusion clause' stipulating that individuals who have committed certain serious crimes 鈥 including war crimes a... Jennifer,Bond - 《International ...
The new refugee deal adopted on Monday, based on the 1951 Refugee Convention and past work by the UN refugee agency UNHCR, faced far less opposition. But it still has its work cut out for it. Just 10 countries currently host about 60 percent of the world's refugees, according to UN dat...
istorically,therehasbeenarecognizedlinkbetween refugeesandstatelesspersonswithbothgroupsreceivingprotection andassistancefrominternationalrefugeeorganizations. InthewakeofWorldWarTwowhentheneedsofrefugeeswere paramountthe1951RefugeeConventionwaspromulgated.A StatelessnessProtocol,attachedtothedraftrefugeeconvention,was postponed...
The distinction is an important one, because an international convention in 1951 outlined certain rights for people deemed refugees, whereas migrants have no such rights. Refugees are protected from being deported or returned to situations that might threaten their lives. They are to be given access...
CROOKS PREYED ON THE ELDERLY As the issue hhas never been adjudicated, it is unclear whether refugees physically present would qualify as being "lawfully within" the host state within the meaning of the ICCPR. The 1951 refugee convention's contingent rights framework and article 26 of the ICCPR...
the 1951 Refugee Convention standard but who would face a serious threat to life or physical integrity if returned because of a real risk of (1) cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; (2) violence; or (3) exceptional situations, for which there is no adequate domestic remedy...
The refugee problem is a serious one; there are so many people around the world who need so much help and there are just not enough resources to help them all. The UNHCR tries to encourage host governments to provide assistance, but most of the host countries are struggling themselves. The...