refugee rights in international law
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Refugee Rights in International Law. Introduction. Refugees a World-Wide Challenge International Law Provides Minimum Human Rights for Refugees Key Definitions: Refugee Asylum Seeker Internally Displaced Person Migrant Stateless Person Returnees. International Refugee Law. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction
• Refugees a World-Wide Challenge• International Law Provides Minimum Human
Rights for Refugees• Key Definitions:– Refugee– Asylum Seeker– Internally Displaced Person– Migrant– Stateless Person– Returnees
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International Refugee Law
• 1951 Refugee Convention– establishes rights & standards
• 1967 Protocol– removes Convention’s time & place restrictions– incorporates Conventions rights & standards
• Other International Human Rights Agreements• International Humanitarian Law Agreements• Regional Agreements• Non-Binding Documents
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Regional Refugee Law
• Africa– African Charter on Human & People’s Rights– AU Convention Governing Refugee Problems– African Charter on Child Rights & Welfare
• Europe– Convention for Protection of Human Rights– Council of Europe Agreements
• The Americas– Human Rights Agreements– Refugee Agreements
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Refugee Law in the U.S.
• Party to 1967 Refugee Convention Protocol
• 2005 Act Tightened Asylum Due to Terrorism
• Asylum Criteria:– refugee, of special humanitarian concern,
and not barred by certain actions– burden of proof on applicant on refugee
status– past vs. future persecution– internal relocation must be unreasonable
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Other U.S. Immigration Options
• Withholding of Removal
• Deferral of Removal
• Temporary Protected Status
• Deferred Enforced Departure
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Key Civil Rights • Treatment Without Discrimination• Survival Rights• Due Process• Freedom of Movement• Education• Work• Freedom of Thought, Conscience,
Religion• Freedom of Association• Right of Non-Refoulement
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Cessation of Refugee Status
• Voluntary Return
• New Nationality
• Circumstances Causing Refugee Status Cease