Essays about: "The United Nations Refugee Convention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words The United Nations 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. Refuge from Climate Change? : The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ICCPR and the ECHR in the Context of Climate Change

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Joel Herrault; [2021]
   Keywords : non-refoulement; climate refugees; climate change; human rights law; ECHR article 3; ECtHR; ICCPR articles 6 and 7; United Nations Human Rights Committee; slow onset processes; climate change effects; klimatflyktingar; non-refoulement; EKMR artikel 3; ICCPR artikel 6 och 7;

   Abstract : In the early 1990s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the gravest effects of climate change could be on human migration, as millions would be displaced by coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. Today, this is considered a reality that is coming ever closer. READ MORE

4. 3. Climate Change and State Responsibility - Migration as a Remedy?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Lana Goral; [2014]
   Keywords : Public international law; international refugee law; theory of international law; state responsibility; migration; climate change; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarna blir allt tydligare och det finns en bred enighet om att det kommer att påverka små östater i en så stor utsträckning att det kan tvinga hela befolkningar att migrera. Då frågan om klimatbetingad migration till stor är del oreglerad, syftar denna uppsats till att undersöka om stater skulle kunna utkräva statsansvar för bristande åtgärder för att bromsa växthuseffekten, om ett migrationsprogram skulle kunna beviljas som en form av åtgärd, samt om en stat praktiskt skulle kunna utkräva sådant ansvar. READ MORE

5. 4. Climate refugees, refugees or under own protection? : A comparative study between climate refugees and refugees embraced by the United Nations Refugee Convention

   University essay from Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper

   Author : Malin Clarin; [2011]
   Keywords : Climate refugees; The United Nations Refugee Convention; Climate change; Human rights;

   Abstract : Global warming is a current topic on the international agenda. The rise of temperature in the atmosphere threatens populations living on island, deltas and coastal areas, and people living nearby the Arctic and areas covered by permafrost are threatened. READ MORE

6. 5. 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