Essays about: "Geneva Convention 1951"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Geneva Convention 1951.

  1. 1. Between Refugees’ Rights and State’s Interests: Securitization of Migration in Greece during the Refugee ‘Crisis’ in Europe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Emmanouil Anagnostou; [2021]
    Keywords : Migration; human rights; EU; Greece; securitization; refugees; non-refoulement principle; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the ongoing refugee ‘crisis’ in the EU, arguing that the EU’s approach towards the refugee issue largely speaks for the establishment of a new phase of migration in Europe. As opposed to the previous phase in the aftermath of the Cold War where a common European refugee policy was evident, today, each of the Union’s member-states seems to emphasize on its own migration policy in order to protect its national interests and security. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Stranger’s Case : Refugees and Moral Rights

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Karin Jardstam; [2019]
    Keywords : Philosophy Etics Refugees Asylum Human Rights; Filosofi Etik Flyktingar Asyl Mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : Using the events in Sweden in the autumn of 2015 as a practical example, this paper examines the question of whether there are circumstances when it is morally permissible for rich, democratic states to close their borders to asylum-seekers. To lay a common ground, the author starts by looking at the right of asylum-seekers, who a refugee is, and what obligations a host country have towards them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Turkey as a safe third country? - A study on the safe third country concept and its compliance with non-refoulement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Deria Rumina Yenidogan; [2017]
    Keywords : Public international law; Asylum; Safe Third Country; Turkey; European Union; Asylum Procedures Directive; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2016 the EU and Turkey reached an agreement with the goal to end “irregular migration” from Turkey to the EU. Under this agreement asylum seekers who have entered Greece via Turkey will have their asylum applications deemed as inadmissible on safe third country grounds and subsequently be returned to Turkey. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Study of the Protection Afforded to Persons at Risk of Trafficking by Article 1A(2) of the Geneva Convention Regarding the Status of Refugees (1951) as Amended by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Cotterill; [2010-08-13]
    Keywords : Internationell flyktingrätt;

    Abstract : The Geneva Convention regarding the Status of Refugees (1951) protects whoever can be considered a refugee internationally. Even though there is little doubt trafficked persons suffer harm on account of this criminal business, the applicability of the Convention in these cases is problematic since persons at risk cannot easily fulfil the criteria set up in Art. READ MORE

  6. 5. Humanitarian intervention, a refugee reducing or increasing action?- a case study on Iraq

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Karolin Silfver; [2005]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : My thesis is a case study on the intervention in Iraq 2003, which was intensely debated prior the intervention and the debate is not yet concluded. My purpose is to analyse whether the intervention may be seen as a humanitarian intervention according to the criterions stipulated by the ICISS's report on the ''Responsibility to Protect'' and other authors' views about what justify a humanitarian intervention. READ MORE