The Israeli Supreme Court recently handed down two decisions that would further restrict the employment opportunities of asylum seekers in Israel. In one, the court considered a "foreign worker tax" levied on employers of asylum seekers. The court is the first judiciary in the world to consider the legitimacy of "foreign worker taxes" levied on employers of asylum seekers under the Refugee Convention.
Read MoreNow, over a year after the EU-Turkey deal was signed, the agreement is being employed as a blueprint for the next phase of the Common European Asylum System and is leading to an erosion of respect for international human rights laws and norms.
Read MoreWith respect to the intentionality requirement in the Convention Against Torture, the U.S interpretation of “severe pain or suffering” differs with that of international bodies charged with implementation and norm-setting, putting the U.S. at odds with its international treaty obligations.
Read MoreThe first of a two-part article dealing with the issues of ‘inchoate nationality’ and ‘effective nationality’ in the context of determination of nationality as an element of the refugee definition.
Read MoreIn recent years, we have seen the development of a sophisticated body of jurisprudence tackling the specific challenges faced by child refugees in seeking international protection. Although still nascent, this development is long overdue.
Read MoreThe Korean Refugee Act made it possible to apply for refugee status at ports of entry into Korea. However, at the same time, the act allows immigration officers at ports of entry to decline the referral of an application to the refugee status determination procedure. Anyone who is denied the referral is prohibited from leaving a small waiting room in the airport. In the case of 30385, a Sudanese asylum seeker challenged this state of affairs.
Read MoreThere is a gross mismatch between the risk asserted and the persons banned – of precisely the kind that is at odds with the “objective and reasonable” test that a policy must satisfy to avoid characterization under international law as illegal discrimination.
Read MoreIn framing the Danish “Jewelry Law” as an example of a law that occupies the grey area between what is legal and what is ethical, this article seeks to understand what such a grey area means for our current system of international protection in Europe and beyond.
Read MoreIn twin summits in New York this past September, governments had the chance to agree to a new era of refugee protection. That did not happen.
Read MoreAn Israeli immigration tribunal recently decided that (all) Palestinians who seek asylum in Israel are excluded from the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees under Article 1D thereof. In doing so, the Tribunal went against numerous decisions and academic writings to the contrary.
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