Essays about: "the Refugee Convention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the words the Refugee Convention.

1. 1. Is Climate Displacement in Legal Limbo? An examination of the protection of climate migrants in international refugee and climate change law

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

   Author : Emmie Eklund; [2023]
   Keywords : Public International Law; Refugee Law; Climate Change Law; Climate Displacement; Climate Migration; Climate Refugee; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines international legal protection for persons displaced across boarders due to climate change. Rapid climate change and escalating climate threats are projected to displace up to 2.1 billion people, roughly 25% of the global population, by 2050. READ MORE

3. 2. Rights on the Move: Climate induced migration and States’ obligations under the ICCPR

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

   Author : Ebba Nikolic Kajrup; [2023]
   Keywords : public international law; climate induced migration; climate change; ICCPR; right to life; non-refoulement; Teitiota; climate refugees; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Climate change is one of the current most pressing threats to human rights. The adverse impacts of climate change affect peoples’ mental and physical health and forces many to leave their countries. READ MORE

4. 3. The Surrogate State? : The Role and Capacity of Non-State Organizations in Substituting the Responsibilities of the State for Providing Education to Venezuelan Refugee Children in Trinidad and Tobago

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Suzu Kitayama; [2023]
   Keywords : Refugee education; Surrogate State; Venezuelan refugee children; Non-state organizations; Education policy; International convention; State sovereignty; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : According to the 1951 Refugee Convention, it is the state’s responsibility to protect and provide basic services to the refugees within their border. However, even if ratified to the Convention, it is common that the state decides to relinquish its responsibilities for various reasons. READ MORE

5. 4. A Label with a Price: The Effects of Refugee Labeling on Human Security of the Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia & Thailand and Venezuelan Refugees in Colombia & Peru

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Karenina Shevayarra Firdaus; [2022]
   Keywords : refugee; refugee labeling; Rohingya; Venezuelan; human rights; human security;

   Abstract : The politics of labeling is not a brand-new discussion in the political science field, however, the discussion on refugee labeling in the Global South context is barely discussed. The Rohingyas and the Venezuelans fled their countries to avoid persecution and other human rights violation happening in the countries. READ MORE

6. 5. Fortress Europe - A discussion of EU border policy post 2015, in light of the 1951 Refugee Convention

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

   Author : Felicia Smith; [2021]
   Keywords : EU law; public international law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : År 2021 infaller 70års jubiléet av 1951 års flyktingkonvention – en historisk överenskommelse och garant för mänskliga rättigheter som ger människor som riskerar att utsättas för förföljelse i sitt hemland rätten att söka skydd i en annan stat. Genom flyktingkonventionen får flyktingar rätt till flertalet rättigheter och alla personer som uppfyller flyktingdefinitionen har rätt att söka skydd i någon av de 150 stater som anslutit sig till konventionen, inkluderat EU:s medlemsländer. READ MORE