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Preliminary Material
Preface
Foreword
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Authors
General Bibliography
Travaux Préparatoires
Table of Cases I—International Bodies
France‐New Zealand Arbitration Tribunal
International Court of Justice/Cour internationale de Justice (ICJ/CIJ)
Permanent Court of International Justice/Cour permanente de Justice international (PCIJ/CPJI)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia/Tribunal Pénal International pour l'ex‐Yougoslavie (ICTY/TPIY)
Human Rights Committee/Comité des droits de l'homme (CCPR)
Committee Against Torture/Comité contre la torture (CeAT)
Iran‐US Claims Tribunal
Table of Cases II—Regional Bodies
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
European Commission of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Justice
General Claims Commission
Inter‐American Commission on Human Rights
Inter‐American Court on Human Rights
Table of Cases III—Domestic Cases
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Table of Treaties and Instruments
Main Text
Part One Background
Historical Development of International Refugee Law
Bibliography
A Introduction
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2
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B Nansen Passport System
I Origins and Parameters of the System: The 1922 Arrangement
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II The 1924 Plan
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III The 1926 Arrangement and the First Definition of a Refugee
1 Right to Return
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2 Definition of a Refugee
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IV Scope and Functions of the Nansen Passport System: The Arrangements of 1928
1 Scope
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2 Functions
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V Impact and Application of the Nansen Passport System
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C The 1933 Convention
I Origins of the 1933 Convention
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II Analysis of the 1933 Convention
1 Preamble
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2 Definition of a Refugee
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3 Identity and Travel Provisions
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4 Expulsion and Non‐Refoulement
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5 Juridical Issues
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6 Labour Rights
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7 Taxation and Reciprocity
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8 Committees for Refugees
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9 General Provisions and Entry into Force
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III Ratifications and Impact of the 1933 Convention
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D The 1938 Convention
I Legal Treatment of German Refugees
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II Provisional Arrangement Concerning the Status of Refugees Coming from Germany of 4 July 1936
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1 Definitions
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2 Travel and Identity Certificates
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3 Expulsion and Non‐Refoulement
75
4 Legal Status
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5 Application and Impact
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III Analysis of the 1938 Convention
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1 Preamble
80
2 Definition of a Refugee
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3 Identity and Travel
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4 Expulsion and Non‐Refoulement
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5 Refugee Status and Rights
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6 Labour Rights
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7 Social Welfare
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8 Other Provisions
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IV Impact of the 1938 Convention
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E The Legal Legacy of the League of Nations Era
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Drafting History of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol
Bibliography
A Introduction
1
2
3
B History of International Refugee Protection
I Early Authors of International Law
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II Traditional Inter-State Law
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III League of Nations
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IV International Refugee Organization
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V Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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C The 1951 Convention
I Legal Points of Departure
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II Overview of the Drafting Process
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III Focus on the Refugee Definition
1 Why the Definition?
24
2 Analytical and Legal Points of Departure
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3 Theories Concerned with the Drafter's Motives
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IV Lead Traces in the Definitional Work
1 Memorandum of the Secretary-General
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2 The Ad Hoc Committee
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3 The Economic and Social Council
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4 The General Assembly
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5 Negotiations at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries
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V Related Discussions at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries
1 Victims of Natural Disasters and Hostilities
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2 Addition of the ‘Social Group’ Category
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3 Other Relevant Discussions
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VI Hidden Motives at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries?
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VII Conclusion: A Broad Refugee Definition
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D The 1967 Protocol
I Legal Status and Functions of the Protocol
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II Drafting History
1 Factual and Legal Context
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2 The Proposal Promoted by the UNHCR
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3 State Responses to the Proposal
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4 The Executive Committee
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5 Adoption of the 1967 Protocol
78
E Evaluation
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Interpretation of the 1951 Convention
Bibliography
A Introduction
1
2
3
4
5
B The Interplay between International and Domestic Law
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C Principles of Treaty Interpretation
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I Article 31 VCLT
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1 Words to be Given ‘Ordinary Meaning’: Article 31, para. 1 VCLT
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2 Object and Purpose
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3 Good Faith
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4 Context: Article 31, para. 2 VCLT
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5 Subsequent Agreement: Article 31, para. 3 (a) VCLT
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6 Subsequent Practice: Article 31, para. 3 (b) VCLT
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7 Any Relevant Rules of International Law: Article 31, para. 3 (c) VCLT
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8 Special Meaning: Article 31, para. 4 VCLT
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II Article 32 VCLT
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1 Travaux Préparatoires
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2 The 1951 Convention as a Living Instrument
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3 Treaties and Other International Instruments
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4 Comparative Jurisprudence
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5 Use of the UNHCR Handbook on Procedures
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6 Use of UNHCR ExCom Conclusions and UNHCR Guidelines
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7 Academic Commentaries
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III Article 33 VCLT
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Regional Developments: Europe
Bibliography
A Introduction
1
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5
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B Refugee Protection in the Context of the Council of Europe
7
I Setting Standards by the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly
8
1 Soft Law Standards—Resolutions, Recommendations, and Guidelines
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2 European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees and EATRR
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II The ECHR and Jurisprudence of the ECtHR
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1 Development of Refoulement Protection, Especially Against Return to Torture and Ill‐Treatment
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2 Defining the Scope of Refoulement Protection
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3 Development of Procedural Guarantees
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4 Basic Standards of Treatment
a) Detention
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b) Protection of the Right to Family Life
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C Development of a ‘Common European Asylum System’ in the Context of the EU
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I Refugee Protection and EU Treaty Law
1 Establishment of a Legal Basis for the Development of Common Standards
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2 EU Charter—A Right to Asylum and a Right to Protection from Refoulement
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II Secondary EU Law —Creating a Common European Asylum System
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1 Minimum Standards on International Protection—The Qualification Directive
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2 Minimum Standards of Temporary Protection
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3 Determination of Responsibilities, Minimum Reception, and Procedural Standards
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4 Legal Relationship Between EU Instruments and International Refugee Law
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D National Developments
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I Western Europe
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II Central Europe and the Baltics
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III South Eastern Europe
1 Balkan
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2 Turkey
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IV Eastern Europe
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E Conclusion
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Regional Developments: Asia
Bibliography
A Introduction
I Clarification of the Region: Asia in the Context of the 1951 Convention
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II The 1951 Convention States
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III Asian Resistance to the Ratification of the 1951 Convention
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IV Implications of Non‐Ratification: Evolving Trends in South Asia
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B 1951 Convention States
I State Practice in the Implementation of the 1951 Convention
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II The Domestic Legal Framework
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III Entry Restrictions of Asylum Seekers in the Asian Region
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1 Interception
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2 Excision of Territory in Australia
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3 The ‘Pacific Solution’
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IV Refugee Status Determination
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1 Afghanistan
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2 Australia
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3 Cambodia
30
4 Iran
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5 Japan
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6 Kazakhstan
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7 Kyrgyzstan
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8 Republic of Korea
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9 Tajikistan
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10 Timor‐Leste
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11 Turkmenistan
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V Non‐Refoulement Arrangements
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1 Cambodia
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2 Papua New Guinea
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3 Japan
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4 Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan
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5 China
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VI Status of Refugees: Post‐Determination Rights and Privileges
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1 China
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2 Iran
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3 Japan
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4 Kazakhstan
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5 Kyrgyzstan
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6 Papua New Guinea
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7 Republic of Korea
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8 Tajikistan
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9 Timor‐Leste
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10 Turkmenistan
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C Non‐1951 Convention States
I The Domestic Legal Framework for the Protection of Refugees
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II Constitutional Protection
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III Access to Courts
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IV Refugee Status Determination
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V Status of UNHCR‐Recognized Refugees
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VI Refoulement Arrangements
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VII Rights and Privileges of Refugees
1 Residence
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2 Movement
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3 Work
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4 Public Relief and Education
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VIII Identity
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IX Detention
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D Evaluation
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Regional Developments: Africa
Bibliography
A Introduction
1
2
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B Historical Patterns of Conflict and Displacement
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C The 1969 OAU Refugee Convention
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I Expanded Definition of the Term ‘Refugee’
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II Expanded Protection Against Refoulement
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III Prohibition on Subversive Activities
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IV Burden Sharing
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V Voluntary Repatriation
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D The OAU Refugee Convention in Domestic Law
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I Refugee Control—1970s and 1980s
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II Refugee Protection—1980s and Beyond
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III Southern Africa
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IV East Africa
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V West Africa
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VI North Africa
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E African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
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F Conclusion
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Regional Developments: Americas
Bibliography
A Introduction
1
2
3
B The Americas and the 1951 Convention
I Travaux Préparatoires
4
5
6
7
8
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10
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12
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II Ratification and Implementation
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III Domestic Legislation on Refugees
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C More Comprehensive Assessment of Refugee Status
I The Cartagena Declaration
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II The Cartagena Declaration in Domestic Legislation
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III New Developments in Expanding the Definition of Refugee Status
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D New Developments in Protecting Refugees
I The Mexico Plan of Action (MPA)
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II The Protection Component of the MPA
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III The Durable Solutions Component of the MPA
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E Conclusions
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Preamble to the 1951 Convention
Bibliography
A Function of the Preamble
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3
4
5
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B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
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II Drafting History of the Preamble
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C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to the Preamble
21
D Interrelationship of the Preamble with Other Provisions
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E Analysis
I Recital 1 of the Preamble: Refugees and Human Rights
1 Refugees as Persons Lacking Rights and Opportunities
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2 Legal Content of Refugee Rights
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3 The 1951 Convention and International Human Rights Law
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II Recital 2 of the Preamble: The United Nations and Refugees
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III Recital 3 of the Preamble: Relationship to Previous Instruments
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IV Recital 4 of the Preamble: International Cooperation
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V Recital 5 of the Preamble: Humanitarian Nature of Refugee Protection
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VI Recital 6 of the Preamble: Role of the UNHCR
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F Evaluation
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Preamble to the 1967 Protocol
Bibliography
A Drafting History
1
2
3
B Analysis
I Recital 1: ‘… as a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 …’
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II Recital 2: ‘… new refugee situations have arisen …’
6
III Recital 3: ‘… equal status should be enjoyed by all refugees …’
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Part Two General Provisions
Article 1 A, para. 1
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 A, para. 1
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2
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B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
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5
6
7
8
9
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II Drafting History of Article 1 A, para. 1
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C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 A, para. 1
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D Interrelationship of Article 1 A, para. 1 with Other Provisions
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E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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F Analysis
I Article 1 A, para. 1, sentence 1
1 ‘For the purposes of the present Convention, the term “refugee” shall apply to any person who …’
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2 ‘… Has been considered a refugee …’
a) Recognition
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b) Temporal Limitation
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c) Territorial Limitation
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3 ‘… under the Arrangements of 12 May 1926 and 30 June 1928 or under the Convention … of 28 October 1933 …’
a) Introductory Remarks
33
b) Arrangement of 12 May 1926
aa) Russian Refugees
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bb) Armenian Refugees
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c) Arrangement of 30 June 1928
aa) General Questions
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bb) Assyrian, Assyro‐Chaldean and Assimilated Refugees
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cc) Turkish Refugees
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d) Convention of 28 October 1933
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4 ‘… under the Convention … of 10 February 1938, the Protocol of 14 September 1939 …’
a) Convention of 10 February 1938
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b) Protocol of 14 September 1939
55
5 ‘… the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization’
a) General Aspects
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b) Categories of Refugees
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c) ‘Valid Objections’
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d) Cessation and Exclusion Clauses
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II Article 1 A, para. 1, sentence 2
1 ‘Decisions of non‐eligibility taken by the International Refugee Organization …’
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2 ‘… during the period of its activities …’
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3 ‘… shall not prevent the status of refugee being accorded to persons who fulfil the conditions of paragraph 2 of this section’
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G Evaluation
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Article 1 A, para. 2
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 A, para. 2
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2
3
4
5
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B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
1 General Questions
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2 Refugee Definitions Prior to 1935
a) Historical Background
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10
11
12
13
14
b) Refugee Definitions in the 1926 and 1928 Arrangements
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16
17
18
c) Refugee Definition in the 1933 Convention
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20
d) Assessment
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3 Refugee Definitions Subsequent to 1935
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a) Historical Background
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29
30
31
b) Refugee Definition in the 1936 Provisional Arrangement
32
c) Refugee Definition in the 1938 Convention
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d) Assessment
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4 IRO Constitution
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a) Historical Background
41
b) Refugee Definition in the IRO Constitution
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c) Assessment
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II Drafting History of Article 1 A, para. 2
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C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 A, para. 2
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D Interrelationship of Article 1 A, para. 2 with Other Provisions
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E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
I General Remarks
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II UNHCR Statute
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III Africa: The OAU Refugee Convention
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IV Americas: The Cartagena Declaration
95
96
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98
99
100
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V Asia: The Bangkok Principles
102
103
104
105
106
107
VI Europe
1 Council of Europe
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109
2 European Union
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111
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F Analysis
I ‘As a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 …’
1 Background
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2 Current Relevance of the Cut‐Off Provision
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3 ‘As a result of …’
117
4 ‘… events’/‘… événements’
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119
120
5 ‘… occurring before 1 January 1951 …’
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II ‘… and owing to …’
1 General Questions
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2 Refugiés sur Place
a) The Notion of ‘Refugiés sur Place’
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b) Refugiés sur Place under Article 1 A, para. 2
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c) The Notion of ‘Objective’ Refugiés sur Place
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d) Subjective Refugiés sur Place
aa) The Notion of ‘Subjective’ Refugiés sur Place
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bb) Subjective sur Place Claims under Article 1 A, para. 2
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cc) Possible Limitations for Subjective Refugiés sur Place Claims
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(1) Requirement of Good Faith
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(2) Requirement of Continuity
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(3) ‘Subsidiary Protection’
170
III ‘… well‐founded fear …’
1 Notion
a) Historical Development and Drafting History
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b) Wording
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c) Systematic Interpretation
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d) Object and Purpose
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2 ‘… well‐founded …’: Combined Subjective‐Objective versus Objective Approaches
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a) Combined Subjective‐Objective Approach
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b) Objective Approach
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3 Risk Assessment
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4 Requirement of Current or Past Persecution?
207
5 Persecution for Reason of Voluntary but Protected Action
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211
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IV ‘… of being persecuted …’
1 Notion of ‘Persecution’
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217
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219
a) General Issues of Interpretation
aa) Wording
220
bb) Systematic Interpretation
221
222
cc) Object and Purpose
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225
226
227
228
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230
231
232
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dd) Historical Development and Drafting History
(1) 1933 and 1938 Conventions
234
(2) IRO Constitution
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236
(3) Drafting History of Article 1 A, para. 2
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ee) Scholarly Approaches to the Notion of ‘Persecution’
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ff) Regional Developments
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gg) Conclusion
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b) Categories of Rights
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aa) Political and Civil Rights
251
(1) Right to Life, Personal Integrity, Freedom
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(2) Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion
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(3) Privacy Rights
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(4) Political Rights
255
(5) Due Process Rights
256
bb) Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights
257
258
259
(1) Right to Work
260
(2) Right to Education
261
(3) Cultural Rights
262
(4) Others
263
264
2 Agents of Persecution
265
266
267
a) State Persecution
268
aa) Conduct of State Organs
269
270
bb) Conduct of Persons or Entities Exercising Elements of Governmental Authority
271
cc) Conduct of Organs Placed at the Disposal of a State by Another State
272
dd) Excess of Authority or Contravention of Instructions
273
ee) Conduct Directed or Controlled by a State
274
275
ff) Conduct Carried Out in the Absence or Default of the Official Authorities
276
277
gg) Conduct of an Insurrectional or Other Movement
278
279
hh) Conduct Acknowledged and Adopted by a State as Its Own
280
281
b) Non‐State Persecution
282
aa) General Issues of Interpretation
(1) Wording
283
284
285
(2) Object and Purpose
286
287
288
289
(3) Drafting History
290
(4) Scholarly Concepts
291
292
293
(5) Regional Developments
294
(a) Africa
295
(b) South and Central America
296
(c) Europe
297
298
299
(d) United States, Canada, New Zealand
300
(6) Conclusion
301
bb) Particular Situations of Failure to Protect against Non‐State Persecution
302
303
(1) Unwillingness of a State to Protect
304
(2) Inability of a State to Protect
305
306
(3) Failed States
307
308
309
310
c) Group Persecution
311
312
313
314
d) Armed Conflict
315
316
317
318
319
320
V ‘… for reasons of …’
1 Required Nexus Between Persecution and One or More of the Grounds of Persecution
321
322
323
324
325
2 Required Causal Relationship
326
327
328
329
3 Relevance of the Intention of the Persecutor
330
331
4 Persecution ‘for reasons of’ and Non‐State Persecution
332
5 Acts of Persecution versus Reasons for Persecution
333
334
335
336
VI ‘… race …’
1 Introduction
337
338
2 Notion of ‘Race’
a) Ordinary Meaning of the Term ‘Race’
339
b) Object and Purpose
340
341
342
343
344
345
c) Relevance of the Perspective of the Authors of Persecution versus Self‐Identification of the Group
346
347
348
349
350
351
VII ‘… religion …’
1 Introduction
352
353
354
2 Notion of ‘Religion’
a) Ordinary Meaning of the Term ‘Religion’
355
356
b) Drafting History
357
c) Object and Purpose
358
aa) Protection of Forum Internum and Forum Externum
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
bb) Protection of Various Belief Systems and Non‐Traditional Religions
366
367
cc) Protected Forms of Manifestation
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
dd) Limitations of the Freedom of Religion
375
376
377
378
379
VIII ‘… nationality …’
1 The Notion and Relevance of ‘Nationality’
380
381
382
383
2 The Notion of ‘Nationality’ in Article 1 A, para. 2
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
IX ‘… membership of a particular social group …’
1 Introduction
395
2 Drafting History
396
3 Relevance of the Category of ‘Membership of a Particular Social Group’
397
398
4 ‘… membership …’
a) ‘Protected Characteristics’ versus ‘Social Perception’ Approach
399
b) ‘Protected Characteristics’ Approach
400
401
c) ‘Social Perception’ Approach
402
d) Combined Alternative Approach
403
404
e) Combined Cumulative Approach: Article 10, para. 1 (d) Qualification Directive
405
406
407
5 ‘… of a … group …’
a) Required Size of the Group
408
b) Cohesiveness of the Group
409
410
c) Role of Persecution in Defining a Social Group
411
6 ‘… of a particular social …’
412
413
7 Classes and Castes as Particular Social Groups
a) Introduction
414
b) Drafting History and the UNHCR's Position
415
c) State Practice
416
d) Social Class versus Social Group
417
e) Poverty, Social Class, and Social Group
418
f) Past Social Status
419
g) Castes
420
X ‘… or political opinion …’
1 Notion of ‘Political Opinion’
a) Wording
421
422
b) Contextual Interpretation
423
c) Drafting History
424
2 Specific Issues
a) Requirement of Formal Party Membership or Political Leadership Position
425
b) Imputed Opinions
426
427
428
c) Political Opinions versus Political Acts
429
430
d) Yet Unexpressed Political Opinions
431
432
e) Prosecution of Offenders versus Persecution for Reasons of ‘Political Opinion’
433
434
435
XI Specific Groups
1 Children
a) Introduction
436
437
438
b) The Notion of ‘Children’ and Individualized Claims for Refugee Status
439
440
441
442
c) Categories of Child‐Specific Forms of Persecution
aa) General Issues
443
bb) Well‐Founded Fear
444
445
cc) Persecution
446
dd) ‘Internal Flight Alternative’
447
ee) Reasons for Persecution
448
449
450
451
d) Selected Specific Situations
aa) ‘Illegal Children’
452
bb) Recruitment of Children
453
454
455
2 Gender
a) General Issues
456
457
458
b) The Notion of ‘Gender’, ‘Gender‐Specific’ Persecution, and ‘Gender‐Related’ Grounds of Persecution
459
460
461
462
463
aa) ‘Gender‐Specific’ Persecution
464
(1) Position of the UNHCR
465
466
467
468
469
(2) Guidelines Regulating Gender‐Specific Persecution
470
471
472
473
474
475
(3) Specific Forms of Gender‐Specific Persecution
476
(a) Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Abuse
477
(b) Female Genital Mutilation
478
(c) Forced Abortion and Sterilization
479
(d) Forced Marriage
480
(e) Domestic Violence
481
(f) Gender‐Specific Rules/Mores of Conduct and Dress Codes, Discrimination
482
483
484
485
(4) Persecution of Women Committed by Non‐State Actors
486
487
488
bb) ‘Gender‐Related’ Grounds of Persecution
489
490
491
(1) Race
492
(2) Religion
493
(3) Nationality
494
(4) Membership of a Particular Social Group
495
496
497
498
499
500
(5) Political Opinion
501
502
3 Sexual Orientation‐Based Persecution
a) Notion of ‘Sexual Orientation’
503
504
505
b) Well‐Founded Fear of Being Persecuted
506
aa) Forms of Persecution
507
508
509
(1) Laws Criminalizing Homosexual Conduct
510
511
512
513
(2) ‘Medical’ Interventions
514
515
(3) Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities
516
(4) Pressure to Marry
517
bb) Persecution by Non‐State Actors
518
cc) Evidentiary Issues
519
520
521
c) Sexual Orientation‐Related Grounds of Persecution
522
aa) Religion
523
bb) Membership of a Particular Social Group
524
525
526
(1) ‘Protected Characteristics’ Approach
527
528
(2) ‘Social Perception’ Approach
529
530
cc) Political Opinion
531
d) Specific Problems of Certain Sexual Minorities
532
aa) Lesbians
533
bb) Bisexuals
534
cc) Transgender Persons
535
4 Persons Refusing to Perform Military Service
a) Introduction
536
b) Refusal to Participate in Conflicts Condemned by the International Community
537
aa) Position of the UNHCR
538
bb) State Practice
539
540
541
cc) Notion of ‘Conflicts Condemned by the International Community’
542
543
dd) Participation of the Person Seeking Refugee Status
544
ee) Jus ad Bellum Violations as Grounds for Refugee Status
545
546
547
c) Conscientious Objection
548
aa) Conscientious Objection in International Human Rights Law
549
550
bb) Position of the UNHCR
551
cc) State Practice
552
553
554
555
556
dd) Grounds of Persecution and Nexus
557
558
d) Discriminatory Conscription
559
5 ‘Ecological’ Refugees
a) Introduction
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
b) ‘Ecological Refugees’ and the Notion of ‘Persecution’
568
569
570
571
572
573
c) ‘Ecological Refugees’ and the Notion of ‘Group Persecution’
574
d) ‘Ecological Refugees’ and the Notion of ‘Internal Flight Alternative’
575
576
XII ‘… is outside the country of his nationality …’
1 General Questions
577
578
2 ‘… is outside the country of his nationality … ’
579
580
581
582
3 ‘… is outside the country of his nationality …’
583
584
585
586
587
588
XIII ‘… and is unable to avail himself of the protection of that country …’
589
590
591
592
XIV ‘… or owing to such fear …’
593
594
595
XV ‘… is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country …’
1 General Issues
596
597
598
599
600
2 The Concept of ‘Internal Flight Alternative’
a) Notion
601
602
603
604
605
b) ‘Internal Flight Alternative’ and Article 1 A, para. 2
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
c) ‘Internal Flight Alternative’: Inherent Limitation of Article 1 A, para. 2 or Unwritten Exclusion Clause?
621
622
623
624
d) Relevant Point of Time
625
626
627
e) Standard of Required Internal Protection
628
aa) Accessibility
629
630
631
632
bb) Exposure to the Original Risk of Persecution
(1) State Persecution
633
634
635
(2) Non‐State Persecution
636
(3) Lack of a Risk of ‘Internal Refoulement ’
637
cc) Exposure to New Risks
(1) General Questions
638
639
640
641
642
643
(2) New Risks of Persecution
644
(3) New Risks Beyond Persecution
645
646
(a) ‘Reasonableness Test’
647
648
649
650
(b) ‘Protection‐Based Approach’
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
f) Protection by Entities Other than the Territorial State
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
3 Protection Within Third Countries—‘External Protection Alternatives’
671
672
673
674
XVI ‘… or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.’
1 ‘… not having a nationality …’
675
676
677
678
2 ‘… and being outside the country of his former habitual residence …’
679
680
681
682
683
3 ‘… as a result of such events …’
684
4 ‘… is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it’
685
686
XVII Applicants Possessing Multiple Nationalities
687
688
689
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691
692
Article 1 B
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 B
1
2
3
4
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
5
II Drafting History of Article 1 B
6
7
8
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10
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 B
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12
13
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15
D Interrelationship of Article 1 B with Other Provisions
16
17
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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F Analysis
I Article 1 B, para. 1
1 ‘For the purposes of this Convention …’
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2 ‘… the words “events occurring before 1 January 1951” in article 1, section A ….’
20
3 ‘… shall be understood to mean either (a) “events occurring in Europe before 1 January 1951”; or (b) “events occurring in Europe or elsewhere before 1 January 1951” …’
a) Choice between the Two Alternatives
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b) Difficulties Arising from the Splitting‐Up of the Conventional Regime
23
24
c) Definition of European Countries
25
26
4 ‘… and each Contracting State shall make a declaration at the time of signature, ratification or accession, specifying which of these meanings it applies for the purpose of its obligations under this Convention’
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II Article 1 B, para. 2
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Article 1 C
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 C
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
1 1933 Convention and 1938 Convention
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10
2 IRO Constitution
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12
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15
3 UNHCR Statute
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19
II Drafting History of Article 1 C
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C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 C
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D Interrelationship of Article 1 C with Other Provisions
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E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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F Analysis
I General Issues
1 UNHCR and Academic Guidance in Interpreting Article 1 C
a) Article 1 C, paras. 1 to 4
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aa) Article 1 C, para. 1
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bb) Article 1 C, para. 2
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cc) Article 1 C, para. 3
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dd) Article 1 C, para. 4
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b) Article 1 C paras. 5 and 6—The ‘Ceased Circumstances Clauses’
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2 Regional Practice
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a) The OAU Refugee Convention
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b) The EU Qualification Directive
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98
3 State Practice
a) Legislative Incorporation
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b) Jurisprudence
aa) Article 1 C, para. 1
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bb) Article 1 C para. 2
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cc) Article 1 C, para. 3
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dd) Article 1 C, para. 4
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ee) Article 1 C, para 5
127
(1) Australia
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(2) Germany
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ff) Article 1 C, para. 6
141
II Analysis: Particular Issues in Contention
1 ‘This Convention shall cease to apply …’
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147
2 ‘… to any person falling under the terms of Section A …’
148
a) ‘… falling under …’
149
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152
b) The Relationship Between Articles 1 C and 1 A
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3 Article 1 C, paras. 1 to 4: The Meaning of ‘Protection’
a) ‘Effective Protection’: Article 1 C, para. 1: ‘… voluntarily re‐availed himself of the protection of the country of his nationality’ and Article 1 C, para. 4: ‘… voluntarily re‐established himself in the country which he left or outside which he remained owing to fear of persecution’
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b) ‘Effective Nationality’: Article 1 C, paras. 2 and 3
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c) Procedures—Voluntariness, Intention, and Proof
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170
4 Article 1 C, para. 5: ‘He can no longer, because the circumstances in connection with which he has been recognised as a refugee have ceased to exist, continue to refuse to avail himself of the protection of the country of his nationality’
a) ‘… circumstances … have ceased to exist …’
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178
b) ‘He can no longer … continue to refuse to avail himself …’
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c) ‘… protection of the country of his nationality …’
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d) ‘… provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a refugee falling under Section A(1) of this Article who is able to invoke compelling reasons arising out of previous persecution for refusing to avail himself of the protection of the country of nationality …’ (the ‘Compelling Reasons Clause’)
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5 Article 1 C, para. 6
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Article 1 D
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 D
1
2
B Historical Development
I Drafting History of Article 1 D
3
4
5
6
7
8
II Palestinian Refugees: Background
9
10
11
12
13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 D
14
D Interrelationship of Article 1 D with Other Provisions
I Provision 7 (c) UNHCR Statute
15
16
II Article 1, para. 2 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
17
18
III Article 12, para. 1 (a) Qualification Directive
19
20
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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F Analysis
25
I ‘This Convention shall not apply …’
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II ‘… to persons …’
29
30
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III ‘… at present receiving …’
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33
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39
IV ‘… organs or agencies of the United Nations …’
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V ‘… protection or assistance …’
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VI ‘… ceased for any reason …’
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VII ‘… without the position of such persons being definitively settled in accordance with the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations …’
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VIII ‘… ipso facto …’
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IX ‘… the benefits of this Convention’
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Article 1 E (Definition of the Term ‘Refugee’/Définition du Terme ‘Réfugié’)
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 E
1
2
3
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
4
II Drafting History of Article 1 E
5
6
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 E
7
D Interrelationship of Article 1 E with Other Provisions
8
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
9
F Analysis
I ‘The Convention shall not apply …’
10
II ‘….. taken residence ..…’
11
III ‘….. rights and obligations …’
12
13
14
IV Questions of Multiple Nationality
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G Special Groups of Refugees to which Article 1 E Was Applied in the Past
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21
22
23
24
H Evaluation
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Article 1 F (Definition of the Term ‘Refugee’/Définition du Terme ‘Réfugié’)
Bibliography
A Function of Article 1 F
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
3
4
5
6
7
II Drafting History of Article 1 F
1 Work of the Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems
8
9
10
11
2 Discussion and Recommendation of ECOSOC
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3 The Conference of Plenipotentiaries, July 1951
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a) Crimes against Peace, War Crimes, and Crimes against Humanity
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b) Serious Non‐Political Crimes
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c) Acts Contrary to the Purposes and Principles of the UN
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C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 1 F
26
D Interrelationship of Article 1 F with Other Provisions
I Article 1 A, para. 2
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28
II Article 33, para. 2
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31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
I UNHCR Statute
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II OAU Refugee Convention
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F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘The provisions of this Convention shall not apply …’
44
2 ‘… to any person with respect to whom …’
45
3 ‘… there are serious reasons for considering that …’
46
47
II Article 1 F (a)
1 ‘… he has committed …’
48
49
2 ‘… a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity …’
a) Acts of Genocide
50
b) ‘… a crime against peace …’
51
52
c) ‘… a war crime …’
53
54
55
56
57
d) ‘… or a crime against humanity …’
58
3 ‘as defined in the international instruments drawn up to make provision in respect of such crimes …’
59
III Article 1 F (b)
1 ‘… he has committed a serious non‐political crime’
a) Preliminary Delimitation—The Role of the Law of Extradition
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61
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63
b) ‘… crime’
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c) ‘… non‐political …’
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d) ‘… serious …’
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2 ‘… outside the country of refuge …’
81
3 ‘… prior to his admission to that country as a refugee …’
82
IV Article 1 F (c)
1 ‘… he has been guilty of …’
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85
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2 ‘… acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations’
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99
100
101
V Proportionality
102
103
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105
106
107
108
G Evaluation
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110
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Article I Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees/Protocol Relative au Statut des Réfugiés
Bibliography
A Function of Article I
1
2
3
4
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
5
II Drafting History of Article I
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article I
14
15
16
D Interrelationship of Article I with Other Provisions
17
18
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
19
F Analysis
I Article I, para. 1
1 ‘The States Parties to the present Protocol …’
20
21
22
2 ‘… undertake to apply articles 2 to 34 inclusive of the Convention to refugees as hereinafter defined’
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24
25
26
II Article I, para. 2
27
III Article I, para. 3
28
29
30
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32
33
Article 2 (General Obligations/Obligations Générales)
Bibliography
A Function of Article 2
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 2
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D Interrelationship of Article 2 with Other Provisions
18
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law Relating to Political (Subversive) Activities of Refugees
19
I Regional Treaties of Refugee Law and the UNHCR's Soft Law
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21
22
23
II Human Rights Law
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25
26
27
28
F Analysis
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30
I Legislation
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34
35
36
II Jurisprudence
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38
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41
42
43
III Administrative Practice
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45
G Evaluation
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Article 3
Bibliography
A Function of Article 3
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
II Drafting History of Article 3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 3
14
D Interrelationship of Article 3 with Other Provisions
15
I Article 5
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II Article 7
17
18
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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20
21
22
F Analysis
I ‘… the provisions of this Convention …’
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24
25
26
II ‘… to refugees …’
1 Discrimination Among and Against Refugees?
27
28
29
2 Scope of Application Ratione Loci
30
31
III ‘… without discrimination as to race, religion or country of origin …’
1 ‘… discrimination …’
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33
34
35
36
2 ‘… race, religion or country of origin …’
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38
39
a) ‘… race …’
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41
42
43
44
b) ‘… religion …’
45
46
47
c) ‘… country of origin …’
48
49
3 Grounds Left Out of the 1951 Convention
50
51
52
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54
55
Article 4
Bibliography
A Function of Article 4
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
II Drafting History of Article 4
3
4
5
6
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 4
7
D Interrelationship with Other Provisions
8
9
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
10
11
12
F Analysis
I ‘… treatment at least as favourable as that accorded to their nationals …’ (National Treatment Standard)
1 The Concept of National Treatment within the 1951 Convention
13
14
15
16
17
2 Specific Issues of Article 4
18
19
II ‘… within their territories …’
1 The Concept of Different Levels of Attachment to the Host State in General
20
2 ‘… within their territories …’
21
III ‘Practice’ of Religion
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23
24
25
IV Limitations to Freedom of Religion
1 Limitations Based on Article 2
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2 Limitations Based on the Concept of National Treatment
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V Religious Education
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Article 5
Bibliography
A Function of Article 5
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 5
4
5
6
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 5
7
D Interrelationship of Article 5 with Other Provisions
I Article 7
8
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II Article 37
14
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
15
F Analysis
I General Questions
16
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II Scope Ratione Materiae : ‘… apart from this Convention’
1 Origins and Evolution of Parallel Protection Regimes
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2 Asylum Systems
a) General
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b) Latin America
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44
c) Asylum in General International Law and Human Rights Law
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d) Germany
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3 Regional Refugee Systems
a) African Union
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b) European Union
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III Scope Ratione Personae : ‘… to refugees …’
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1 Asylum Systems
a) Latin America
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b) Asylum in General International Law and Human Rights Law
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c) Germany
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2 Regional Refugee Systems
a) African Union
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b) European Union
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IV Rights and Benefits
1 General
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2 Asylum Systems
a) Latin America
91
b) Asylum in General International Law and Human Rights Law
92
c) Germany
93
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95
3 Regional Refugee Systems
a) African Union
96
b) European Union
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V Other Refugee‐specific Rights and Benefits
112
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Article 6
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A Function of Article 6
1
2
3
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
4
II Drafting History of Article 6
5
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8
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13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 6
14
D Interrelationship of Article 6 with Other Provisions
15
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
16
17
F Analysis
I ‘… in the same circumstances …’
18
19
II ‘… requirements which by their nature a refugee is incapable of fulfilling’
20
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Article 7
Bibliography
A Function
1
2
3
4
B Historical Development
I Arrangement of 30 June 1928, 1933 and 1938 Conventions
5
6
7
II Drafting History of Article 7
1 Initial Proposal of the Secretariat
8
9
2 First Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems
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18
3 Second Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons
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4 The Conference of Plenipotentiaries
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C Reservations and Declarations Made with Regard to Article 7
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33
34
D Interrelationship of Article 7 with Other Provisions
35
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37
38
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
39
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 The General Standard of Rights
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2 ‘… this Convention …’
45
46
3 Scope of Application Ratione Personae
47
4 Scope of Application Ratione Loci: ‘… Contracting State[s] …’
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5 ‘… rights and benefits …’ and ‘… same treatment …’
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II Article 7, para. 1
1 ‘Except where this Convention contains more favourable provisions …’
a) ‘Minimum Standards’ and ‘Concurring Claims’
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60
b) ‘Minimum Standards’ Clauses in EU Refugee Law
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2 ‘… shall accord …’
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3 ‘… the same treatment as is accorded to aliens generally’
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a) Aliens Law, Refugees, and Diplomatic Protection
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b) International Human Rights Law
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91
c) What Is Not ‘Treatment Accorded to Aliens Generally’
92
aa) International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (MWC)
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bb) Expulsion of Aliens
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cc) Readmission Agreements
101
102
dd) Domestic Migration Legislation: German Practice
103
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105
ee) Regional Integration Systems: EU Law
106
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III Article 7, para. 2
1 Reciprocity
a) Reciprocity as General Principle of International Law
112
113
b) Reciprocity Exemption in the 1951 Convention
114
115
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117
2 ‘After a period of three years' residence …’
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3 ‘… all refugees shall enjoy exemption from legislative reciprocity …’
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4 ‘… in the territory of the Contracting States’
125
IV Article 7, para. 3
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V Article 7, para. 4
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VI Article 7, para. 5
134
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Article 8
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A Function of Article 8
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
4
5
II Drafting History of Article 8
6
7
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12
13
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15
16
17
18
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 8
19
20
D Interrelationship of Article 8 with Other Provisions
21
22
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
23
24
25
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
26
27
2 ‘… shall not apply …’
28
29
3 ‘… to refugees …’
30
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32
33
II Article 8, sentence 1
1 ‘… exceptional measures …’
a) ‘… measures …’
34
35
b) ‘… taken against the person, property or interests …’
36
37
c) ‘… of nationals of a foreign State …’
38
2 Non‐Applicability to Refugees
39
a) Formally Nationals of the Foreign State
40
41
b) Solely on Account of Nationality
42
43
III Article 8, sentence 2
44
1 ‘… prevented from applying the general principle …’
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2 ‘… shall … grant exemptions …’
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Article 9
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A Function of Article 9
1
2
3
4
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
5
II Drafting History of Article 9
6
7
8
9
10
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12
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15
16
17
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 9
18
19
D Interrelationship of Article 9 with Other Provisions
20
21
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
22
23
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘Nothing in this Convention shall prevent …’
24
25
2 ‘… a Contracting State …’
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27
28
II War or Other Grave and Exceptional Circumstances
29
30
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32
33
III Provisional Measures
1 ‘… measures … essential to the national security …’
34
a) National Security
35
36
b) Measures
37
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c) Burden of Proof
39
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2 ‘… in the case of a particular person …’
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3 ‘… pending a determination …’
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Article 10 (Continuity of Residence/Continuité de Résidence)
Bibliography
A Function of Article 10
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 10
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 10
12
D Interrelationship of Article 10 with Other Provisions
13
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
14
15
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 Applicability of Article 10
16
2 Enforced Displacement During the Second World War
17
II Article 10, para. 1
18
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20
III Article 10, para. 2
21
22
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Introduction to Article 11 Refugees at Sea
Bibliography
A Introduction
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
B Law of the Sea
I Rescue at Sea
8
1 General Obligations for the Establishment of a Search and Rescue System
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2 Situation of Distress at Sea
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3 Obligation to Rescue or Provide Assistance
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a) Retrieve Persons in Distress
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b) Treatment on Board
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c) Delivery to a Place of Safety
31
aa) Place of Safety
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bb) Disembarkation to the Territory?
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II Interception at Sea
1 Definition
46
47
2 Legal Regimes Applying in the Various Maritime Zones
48
a) Internal Waters
49
b) Territorial Waters
50
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c) Contiguous Zone
54
55
d) High Seas
56
C The Principle of Non‐Refoulement —Application and Consequences
I Extraterritorial Application of the Non‐Refoulement Obligation under Article 33, para. 1 of the 1951 Convention
1 General Considerations
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2 Particular Problems of Responsibility in the Context of Multilateral Operations
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a) Responsibility of States Providing Aid or Assistance
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b) Responsibility of Frontex and the EU
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II Applications to Situations of Rescue at Sea
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III Interception in Internal and Territorial Waters of the State Carrying Out the Interception
96
IV Interception on the High Seas and in the Territorial Waters of Other States
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1 Interception in the Contiguous Zone of the Intercepting State
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100
2 Interception on the High Seas
101
3 Interception in the Contiguous Zone and the Territorial and Internal Waters of a Third State
102
103
V Consequences of the Applicability of the Non‐Refoulement Obligation under Article 33 of the 1951 Convention
1 Rescue at Sea
104
2 Interception
105
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107
108
D Stowaways
109
110
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E Evaluation
112
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Article 11
Bibliography
A Function of Article 11
1
2
B Historical Development
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 11
12
D Interrelationship of Article 11 with Other Provisions
13
14
15
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
16
17
18
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F Analysis
I ‘… refugees …’
20
II ‘… regularly serving as crew members on board a ship flying the flag of a Contracting State …’
21
22
III ‘… shall give sympathetic consideration …’
23
IV ‘… establishment on its territory …’
24
25
V ‘… the issue of travel documents …’
26
VI ‘… temporary admission to its territory particularly with a view to facilitating their establishment in another country’
27
28
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Part Three Juridical Status
Article 12
Bibliography
A Function of Article 12
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
4
5
II Drafting History of Article 12
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13
14
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 12
15
16
D Interrelationship of Article 12 with Other Provisions
17
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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F Analysis
I Article 12, para. 1
1 ‘The personal status …’
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31
2 ‘… of a refugee …’
32
33
3 ‘… shall be governed by the law …’
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4 ‘… of the country of his domicile …’
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40
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5 ‘… or, if he has no domicile, by the law of the country of his residence’
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II Article 12, para. 2
1 ‘Rights previously acquired by a refugee and dependent on personal status, more particularly rights attaching to marriage …’
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2 ‘… shall be respected by a Contracting State …’
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3 ‘… subject to compliance, if this be necessary, with the formalities required by the law of that State …’
50
4 ‘… provided that the right in question is one which would have been recognized by the law of that State had he not become a refugee’
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Article 13
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A Function of Article 13
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 13
4
5
6
7
8
9
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 13
10
D Interrelationship of Article 13 with Other Provisions
11
12
13
14
15
16
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
I The Relationship between Human Rights Law and the 1951 Convention
17
18
19
II The Right to Property under Human Rights Law
20
21
22
F Analysis
I ‘The Contracting States shall accord to a refugee treatment as favourable as possible and, in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliens generally …’
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II ‘… in the same circumstances …’
29
30
III ‘… as regards the acquisition …’
31
IV ‘… of movable and immovable property and other rights pertaining thereto and to leases and other contracts relating to movable and immovable property …’
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Article 14
Bibliography
A Function of Article 14
1
2
B Historical Development and Drafting History
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 14
4
5
6
7
8
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 14
9
10
D Interrelationship of Article 14 with Other Provisions
11
12
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
I Human Rights Instruments
13
14
II Intellectual Property Instruments
15
1 Berne Convention and Other Instruments
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17
18
2 Rome Convention and Other Instruments
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20
3 Paris Convention and Other Instruments
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24
4 Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
25
26
F Analysis
I Article 14, sentence 1
27
1 ‘In respect of the protection of industrial property such as inventions …’
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2 ‘… and of rights in literary, artistic and scientific works …’
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3 ‘… a refugee shall be accorded …’
35
4 ‘… in the country in which he has his habitual residence …’
36
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5 ‘… the same protection as is accorded to nationals of that country’
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II Article 14, sentence 2
1 ‘In the territory of any other Contracting States …’
42
2 ‘… he shall be accorded the same protection as is accorded in that territory to nationals of the country in which he has his habitual residence’
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Article 15
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A Function of Article 15
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
3
4
5
II Drafting History of Article 15
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 The Right to Form an Association
12
13
2 Political Activities of Refugees
14
15
16
17
18
3 ‘… most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreign country …’
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20
4 ‘… lawfully staying in the territory …’
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25
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 15
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29
30
D Interrelationship of Article 15 with Other Provisions
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E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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F Analysis
I ‘… the Contracting States shall accord …’
43
II ‘… to refugees lawfully staying in their territory …’
1 The Concept of Different Levels of Attachment to the Host State in General
44
45
2 ‘… to refugees lawfully staying in their territory …’
46
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III ‘… the most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreign country …’
1 The Concept of Treatment Standards Within the 1951 Convention
50
51
2 The Standard of Most Favourable Treatment
52
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IV ‘… in the same circumstances …’
55
V ‘… associations and trade unions …’
1 ‘… associations …’
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2 ‘… trade unions …’
62
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VI ‘… non political and non‐profit‐making …’
1 ‘… non‐political …’
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2 ‘… non‐profit‐making …’
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Article 16
Bibliography
A Function of Article 16
1
2
3
4
5
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
6
7
8
II Drafting History of Article 16
9
10
11
12
13
14
C Reservations Made with Regard to Article 16
15
16
D Interrelationship of Article 16 with Other Provisions
17
18
19
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
20
21
F Analysis
I General Remarks
22
23
II Article 16, para. 1
1 ‘A refugee shall have …’
24
25
2 ‘… on the territory of all Contracting States’
26
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28
3 ‘… to the courts of law …’
29
30
4 ‘… free access …’
31
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III Article 16, para. 2
1 ‘A refugee shall enjoy …’
36
2 ‘… in the Contracting State in which he has his habitual residence …’
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3 ‘… the same treatment as a national …’
41
4 ‘… in matters pertaining to access to the Courts, including legal assistance and exemption from cautio judicatum solvi ’
42
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IV Article 16, para. 3
1 ‘A refugee shall be accorded …’
45
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47
2 ‘… in countries other than that in which he has his habitual residence …’
48
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3 ‘… the treatment granted to a national of the country of his habitual residence’
50
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4 ‘… in the matters referred to in paragraph 2 …’
52
V Relevance of Article 16 for Status Determination Procedures
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Part Four Gainful Employment
Article 17
Bibliography
A Function of Article 17
1
2
3
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
4
II Drafting History of Article 17
5
6
7
8
9
10
C Declarations and Reservations made with regard to Article 17
11
12
D Interrelationship of Article 17 with Other Provisions
13
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
I Right to Work
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
II Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
24
III Prohibition on Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
25
IV Non‐Penalization: Article 31 of the 1951 Convention
26
27
V Non‐Discrimination
28
VI Constructive Refoulement
29
F Analysis
I Article 17, para. 1
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
30
2 ‘… shall accord …’
31
3 ‘… to refugees lawfully staying in their territory …’
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36
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4 ‘… the most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreign country in the same circumstances …’
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44
5 ‘… as regards the right to engage in wage‐earning employment’
45
II Article 17, para. 2
1 ‘In any case, restrictive measures imposed on aliens or the employment of aliens for the protection of the national labour market shall not be applied …’
46
2 ‘… to a refugee who was already exempt from them at the date of entry into force of this Convention for the Contracting State concerned …’
47
3 ‘… or who fulfils one of the following conditions’
48
4 ‘He has completed three years' residence in the country …’
49
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52
5 ‘He has a spouse possessing the nationality of the country of residence. A refugee may not invoke the benefit of this provision if he has abandoned his spouse’
53
6 ‘He has one or more children possessing the nationality of the country of residence’
54
III Article 17, para. 3
1 ‘The Contracting States shall give sympathetic consideration to assimilating the rights of all refugees with regard to wage‐earning employment to those of nationals …’
55
2 ‘… and in particular of those refugees who have entered their territory pursuant to programmes of labour recruitment or under immigration schemes’
56
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Article 18
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A Function of Article 18
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
II Drafting History of Article 18
3
4
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 18
5
D Interrelationship of Article 18 with Other Provisions
6
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
7
F Analysis
I ‘The Contracting States …’
8
II ‘… shall accord …’
9
III ‘… to a refugee lawfully in their territory …’
10
11
12
13
14
15
IV ‘… treatment as favourable as possible and, in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances …’
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17
18
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21
V ‘… as regards the right to engage on his own account in agriculture, industry, handicrafts and commerce …’
22
VI ‘… and to establish commercial and industrial companies.’
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Article 19
Bibliography
A Function of Article 19
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 19
4
5
6
7
8
9
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 19
10
D Interrelationship of Article 19 with Other Provisions
11
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
12
F Analysis
I Article 19, para. 1
1 ‘Each Contracting State …’
13
2 ‘… shall accord …’
14
3 ‘… to refugees lawfully staying in their territory …’
15
4 ‘… who hold diplomas recognized by the competent authorities of that State …’
16
5 ‘… and who are desirous of practising a liberal profession …’
17
18
19
6 ‘… treatment as favourable as possible and, in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances’
20
21
II Article 19, para. 2
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
22
2 ‘… shall use their best endeavours …’
23
3 ‘… consistently with their laws and constitutions to secure the settlement of such refugees in the territories, other than the metropolitan territory, for whose international relations they are responsible’
24
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Part Five Welfare
Article 20
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A Function of Article 20
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
II Drafting History
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 20
14
15
D Interrelationship of Article 20 with Other Provisions
16
17
18
19
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
20
21
22
23
24
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘… refugees …’
25
2 ‘… shall be accorded the same treatment as nationals …’
26
27
28
29
II Article 20
1 ‘… rationing system exists …’
30
2 ‘… applies to the population at large and regulates the general distribution of products in short supply …’
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Article 21
Bibliography
A Function of Article 21
1
2
B Historical Development of Article 21
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 21
10
11
D Interrelationship of Article 21 with Other Provisions
12
I Article 13
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17
II Article 23
18
19
20
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22
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
I The Relationship Between Human Rights Law and the 1951 Convention
23
24
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26
II The Right to Housing in Human Rights Law
27
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34
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F Analysis
I ‘As regards housing …’
40
41
II ‘… the Contracting States, in so far as the matter is regulated by laws or regulations or is subject to the control of public authorities …’
42
43
44
III ‘… shall accord to refugees lawfully staying in their territory …’
45
46
47
IV ‘… treatment as favourable as possible and, in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliens generally in the same circumstances’
48
49
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Article 22
Bibliography
A Function of Article 22
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
4
5
II Drafting History of Article 22
1 Study on Statelessness
6
7
8
2 Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems/Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons
9
10
11
12
3 Conference of Plenipotentiaries
13
14
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16
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 22
17
18
D Interrelationship of Article 22 with Other Provisions
19
20
21
22
23
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
24
25
26
27
28
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
29
30
2 ‘… shall accord …’
31
32
3 ‘… to refugees …’
a) Scope of Application Ratione Personae
33
34
b) Scope of Application Ratione Loci
35
36
37
4 Applicability of Article 22 with Regard to Private Educational Facilities
38
39
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43
44
II Article 22, para. 1
1 ‘… the same treatment as is accorded to nationals …’
a) General Questions
45
46
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48
b) Compulsory Education
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c) Admissibility of Refugee‐Specific Education
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2 ‘… with respect to elementary education’
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a) The Substantial Concept of ‘Elementary’ Education
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b) The ‘Beneficiary Class’ of Elementary Education
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III Article 22, para. 2
1 ‘… treatment as favourable as possible, and, in any event, not less favourable than that granted to aliens generally …’
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2 ‘… in the same circumstances …’
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3 ‘… with respect to education other than elementary education …’
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4 ‘… and, in particular, …’
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5 ‘… access to studies, the recognition of foreign school certificates, diplomas and degrees, the remission of fees and charges and the award of scholarships …’
a) ‘… access to studies …’
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b) ‘… the recognition of foreign school certificates, diplomas and degrees …’
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c) ‘… the remission of fees and charges …’
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d) ‘… and the award of scholarships’
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Article 23
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A Function of Article 23
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2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
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II Drafting History of Article 23
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C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 23
14
D Interrelationship of Article 23 with Other Provisions
15
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17
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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19
20
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22
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
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25
2 ‘… shall accord …’
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3 ‘… to refugees lawfully staying …’
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4 ‘… in their territory …’
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5 ‘… same treatment … as is accorded to their nationals …’
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II ‘… public relief and assistance …’
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Article 24
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A Function of Article 24
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2
3
B Historical Development
I Conventions of 28 October 1933 and 10 February 1938
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5
II Drafting History of Article 24
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7
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 24
8
9
D Interrelationship of Article 24 with Other Provisions
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11
12
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15
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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18
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21
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F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
23
2 ‘… shall accord …’
24
3 ‘… to refugees lawfully staying …’
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26
4 ‘… in their territory …’
27
5 ‘… same treatment as is accorded to nationals …’
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II Article 24, para. 1 (a)
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III Article 24, para. 1 (b)
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1 Article 24, para. 1 (b) (i)
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2 Article 24, para. 1 (b) (ii)
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IV Article 24, para. 2
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V Article 24, para. 3
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VI Article 24, para. 4
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Part Six Administrative Measures
Introduction to Chapter V: Requirements for Refugee Determination Procedures
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A Introduction
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2
3
4
5
B International Law Minimum Standards for Refugee Determination Procedures
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I Instruments Issued by the UNHCR
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II Instruments Issued on the Regional Level
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1 Council of Europe
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2 European Union
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a) Council Resolution on Minimum Guarantees for Asylum Procedures
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b) The Procedures Directive
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aa) Basic Principles and Guarantees
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bb) First Instance Procedures
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26
27
28
29
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cc) Withdrawal Procedures
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dd) Appeals Procedures
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III Instruments Issued by Non‐Governmental Organizations
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IV The Jurisprudence of International Courts and the Principle of Effectiveness
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V International Law Limitations on States' Right to Remove Persons from their Territory
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C Procedural Rights
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I Right of Access to Determination Procedures and Related Issues
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1 Non‐Discriminatory Access to an Effective, Fair, and Individualized Proceeding
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2 No Rejection at the Frontier
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3 Temporary Access to the State's Territory
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4 Access to a Legal Remedy
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5 Access to Special Procedures for Vulnerable Groups
a) Children
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b) Other Asylum Seekers with Special Needs
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6 Limited Access to Proceedings Due to Measures of Immigration Control
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a) Visa Requirements and Carrier Sanctions
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b) Externalization of Border Controls
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7 Limited Access to Determination Procedures Due to Procedural Law
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a) The ‘Safe Third Country’ Concept
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b) The ‘First Country of Asylum’ Concept
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c) The ‘Safe Country of Origin’ Concept
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d) Concepts of Sharing Responsibility
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II Procedural Minimum Standards
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1 Requirements for the Examination of Applications for Asylum
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2 Requirements for a Decision by the Determining Authority
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3 The Rights of Applicants for Asylum
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a) The Right to Remain Pending Examination of the Application for Asylum
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b) The Right to a Personal Interview
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c) The Right to Legal Assistance and Representation
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d) The Right to Contact the UNHCR
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e) The Right to Liberty and Freedom of Movement
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f) The Right to a Written and Reasoned Decision
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g) The Right to Appeal
123
4 Requirements for Accelerated and Other Specific Procedures
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5 Requirements for Withdrawal and Appeals Procedures
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129
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D Substantive Rights During Determination Procedures
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E Evaluation
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Article 25
Bibliography
A Function of Article 25
1
2
3
4
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
5
6
7
8
II Drafting History
9
10
11
12
13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 25
14
15
16
17
D Interrelationship of Article 25 with Other Provisions
18
19
20
21
22
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
23
24
25
F Analysis
I General Questions
26
II Article 25, para. 1
1 Administrative Assistance
27
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2 ‘… the exercise of a right …’
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31
32
3 ‘… would normally require the assistance of authorities of a foreign country to whom he cannot have recourse …’
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4 ‘… the Contracting States in whose territory he is residing …’
37
5 ‘… shall arrange …’
38
6 ‘… by their own authorities or by an international authority …’
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III Article 25, para. 2
1 ‘… authority or authorities …’
42
2 ‘… shall deliver or cause to be delivered under their supervision …’
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3 ‘… such documents or certifications as would normally be delivered to aliens …’
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4 ‘… by or through their national authorities …’
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IV Article 25, para. 3
54
1 ‘… shall stand in the stead of official instruments delivered to aliens by or through their national authorities …’
55
2 ‘… shall be given credence in the absence of proof to the contrary …’
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V Article 25, para. 4
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VI Article 25, para. 5
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Article 26
Bibliography
A Function of Article 26
1
2
3
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
4
II Drafting History of Article 26
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 26
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18
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20
21
22
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
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D Interrelationship of Article 26 with Other Provisions
38
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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40
41
42
43
44
F Analysis
I ‘…. lawfully in its territory ….’
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47
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49
II ‘…. the right to choose their place and to move freely within its territory ….’
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III ‘…. subject to any regulations applicable to aliens generally ….’
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IV Application of Article 26 to Asylum Seekers
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Article 27
Bibliography
A Function of Article 27
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
II Drafting History of Article 27
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 27
14
D Interrelationship of Article 27 with Other Provisions
15
16
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
17
18
F Analysis
I General Remarks on the Interpretation of Article 27
19
II Scope of Application Ratione Personae
20
21
22
23
24
25
III Scope of Application Ratione Loci
26
IV Format and Content of Identity Papers
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28
29
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31
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Article 28/Schedule
Bibliography
A Function of Article 28
1
2
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
3
4
5
6
II Drafting History of Article 28
1 The Drafts Introduced in the Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems
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8
2 Discussions of the Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems
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20
3 Discussions of the Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons
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4 The Conference of Plenipotentiaries
a) General Problems Concerning Travel Documents
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27
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b) Inter‐Temporal Problems
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c) The Schedule
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d) The Style Committee and the Adoption of Article 28
51
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 28
52
D Interrelationship of Article 28 with Other Provisions
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54
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
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59
F Analysis
I General Remarks on the Interpretation of Article 28
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II Article 28, para. 1
1 Scope of Application Ratione Personae
a) ‘… to refugees …’
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62
b) ‘… lawfully staying …’
63
2 Scope of Application Ratione Loci
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65
66
3 Scope of Application Ratione Materiae
a) ‘… shall issue …’
67
b) ‘… for the purpose of travel outside their territory …’
68
69
c) ‘… compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require …’
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III Article 28, para. 2
74
IV The Schedule and Specimen Travel Document
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1 Paragraph 4: Geographical Validity
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2 Paragraph 5: Temporal Validity
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3 Paragraph 6: Renewal, Extension, and Issue of New Document
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4 Paragraph 7: Recognition of Travel Documents
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5 Paragraphs 8 and 9: Visas and Transit Visas
84
6 Paragraph 11: Transfer of Responsibility to Another State
85
7 Paragraph 12: Withdrawal of the Travel Document
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8 Paragraph 13: The Duty of Readmission
87
9 Paragraph 14: Conditions of Admission, Transit, Residence, etc.
88
10 Paragraph 15: Status of the Travel Document Holder
89
11 Paragraph 16: Diplomatic or Consular Protection
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Article 29
Bibliography
A Function of Article 29
1
B Historical Development
I Instruments Prior to the 1951 Convention
2
3
4
5
6
II Drafting History of Article 29
7
8
9
C Declarations and Reservations Made with Regard to Article 29
10
D Interrelationship of Article 29 with Other Provisions
11
12
13
14
15
16
E Other Relevant Norms of International Law
17
18
F Analysis
I General Questions
1 ‘The Contracting States …’
19
2 ‘… shall not impose …’
20
3 ‘… upon refugees …’
a) Scope of Application Ratione Personae