Essays about: "non-refoulement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the word non-refoulement.

  1. 1. The right to an effective remedy for Asylum-seekers before the European Court of Human Rights

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Mahmoud Abosief Elsharkawy; [2024]
    Keywords : Effective remedy - Asylum seekers - The European Court of Human Rights;

    Abstract : The right to an effective remedy is a fundamental principle of international human rights law, crucial for the protection of individuals, especially for asylum seekers who have faced human rights violations in their countries of origin. Due to the importance of this right, it was included in art. READ MORE

  3. 2. Non-refoulement cases before the ECtHR and CAT : A case study on women alleging gender-based violence at the hands of private actors

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Hodan Abdi; [2023]
    Keywords : Non-refoulement; human rights; monitoring bodies; private actors; feminism.;

    Abstract : This study aims to analyze if the assessment of the European Court of Human Rights and Committee Against Torture in cases concerning women alleging violation of the principle of non-refoulement takes gender into consideration. Therefore, this study compares four cases from the Court and the other four cases from the Committee with feminist legal theory analysis. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. “Team Europe is back in Tunis” – a study on ECHR applicability ratione personae to EU support for Tunisian border and migration management

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

    Author : Klara Lundqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; EU law; ECHR applicability; EU external actions; Tunisia; migration; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : After the well-known spike in migrants crossing the Mediterranean in 2015- 2016, the EU has intensified its cooperation with third states on the field of migration. Although there are numerous examples where such policies have been criticised as incompatible with the principle of non-refoulement and for not respecting migrants’ human rights, there are no CJEU rulings concerning their compliance with EU law. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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