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  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. External Migration Control Measures and Ill-Treatment of Migrant Women: On the Responsibility of the EU and the Member States Under the EU-Charter

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

    Author : Pelle Flood; [2022]
    Keywords : EU Law; International Human Rights Law; Externalization; EU-Charter; Charter of Fundamental Rights; Migration; Ill-treatment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Through the external dimension of the EU migration policy, the EU and its member states have increasingly employed externalization measures as a means of stemming the irregular migration flows that reach the external borders of the Union. The measures are characterized by domestic conduct with extraterritorial effect leading to increased migration control in the third countries targeted by these measures. READ MORE

  4. 3. Safe Countries or Systematic Assessments? - A critical investigation of the safe country of origin concept in the CEAS and the national implementation in Sweden in relation to the right to asylum

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

    Author : Sofia Ekberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Migration law; asylum law; EU law; Swedish migration law; human rights; CEAS; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Safety has always been a prominent concept within asylum law for the assessment of international protection. However, as the CEAS has developed immensely the past years, moving towards a paradigm shift of increasingly restrictive migration policies; the use of safety has evolved accordingly. READ MORE

  5. 4. Detention of Non-Citizens Suspected of Future Terrorist Crimes: A study of the relationship between preventive security detention in Swedish immigration legislation and fundamental principles of justice and the rule of law

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

    Author : Matilda Bergström; [2021]
    Keywords : terrorism; human rights; international human rights law; counter-terrorism; migration law; criminal law; procedural law; procedural rights; preventive detention; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the relationship between the detention regime in the Special Controls of Aliens Act (SFS 1991:572, SCAA) and the right to personal liberty and security; the presumption of innocence; and the principle of legality. The aim is to assess whether the legislation is a suitable counter-terrorism measure from a rule of law perspective. 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