Essays about: "Flyktingkonvention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Flyktingkonvention.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  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. Non-refoulement and national security

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ingrid Holm; [2015]
    Keywords : non-refoulement; refugee law; migration law; public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Non-refoulement is a fundamental principle of international law, providing an individual the protection from being returned to a place where he or she risks persecution, torture or other ill treatment. The prohibition on refoulement is recognized in refugee law, human rights law and international customary law. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ingen vill vara flykting för alltid : en studie av upphörandeklausulen i flyktingkonventionen och dess konsekvenser för de angolanska flyktingarna i Zambia och Sydafrika

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Sandra Holkenberg; [2013]
    Keywords : angolanska flyktingar; upphörandeklausulen; International law; Refugee Convention; Benhabib; UNHCR; Zambia; South Africa; Cessation clause; Angolan Refugee; Sydafrika; Flyktingkonvention; internationell lag; mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the cessation of the Angolan refugees in Zambia and South Africa. The paper aims to identify the problems concerning the cessation for a group of ref-ugees and will show that even thought the group as a whole might not have reason to fear for their life, there could be individuals within the group who have. READ MORE