Essays about: "international refugee Law Thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 essays containing the words international refugee Law Thesis.

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. Navigating Legal Waters - A Study of Forcible Measures in Rescue Operations of Migrants and Refugees on the High Seas

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

   Author : Frida Wennerfors; [2023]
   Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; the law of the sea; havsrätt; sjörätt; international maritime rescue law; search and rescue; extraterritorial jurisdiction; enforcement jurisdiction; refugee; migrant; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Den juridiska frågan om i vilken utsträckning stater får tvångsrädda människor på internationellt vatten, har fått ny betydelse i och med migrationsflödet över centrala Medelhavet. Flera incidenter har visat att det finns såväl strategiska som rent överlevnadsbaserade grunder till att migranter och flyktingar motsätter sig räddning av vissa statsfartyg på Medelhavet. READ MORE

4. 3. Preventing Rescue of Maritime Migrants

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

   Author : Stina Stefansson; [2023]
   Keywords : migration; search and rescue; deterrence of migrants; irregular migration; humanitarian assistance; securitisation; rightlessness; migrant smuggling; refugee law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Eighteen of twenty-five rescue-vessels operated by NGOs in the Mediterranean has been subjected to administrative or criminal sanctions. Whether rescue amounts to a crime is the basis for this thesis, which examines the intersection between prevention of the transnational crime of smuggling, and the rescues often necessary when smugglers facilitate journeys across the sea. READ MORE

5. 4. Of course, but maybe: the absolute prohibition of refoulement and threats to national security and public safety : Legal and practical effects of undesirable but unreturnable refugees

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Aftonfalk; [2022]
   Keywords : International law; refugee law; human rights law; non-refoulement; refugee protection; exclusion; torture or ill-treatment; national security and public safety;

   Abstract : States are routinely confronted with conflicting duties of maintaining full respect for human rights, on the one hand, and protecting national security and public safety, on the other. This is not least noticeable when States’ sovereignty and the right to control who enters and leaves their territories clash with the obligation to afford protection to refugees fleeing persecution. READ MORE

6. 5. "They can't become the enemy"

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ninn Laxén; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate refugee; WPR; Good International Citizen; Securitization; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Climate refugees are becoming increasingly common due to increased global warming as a result of excess emissions, the vast majority of which come from the Global North. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the climate refugee issue is described in Swedish media against a backdrop of a potential conflict between a Swedish self-image as progressive in humanitarian matters, and the recent stricter migration policies. READ MORE