In a recent decision L.M. and Others v. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously held that the forced return of asylum seekers to Syria would give rise to a violation of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) Article 2, right to life and Article 3, the prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment.
Read MoreRefugees in the Caribbean face procedural and structural obstacles to recognition and protection.
Read MoreA number of U.S. state Governors recently announced their opposition to the continued resettlement of Syrian refugees within the United States. In this RefNote, Professor Richard Primus addresses the legality of U.S. state governments actions under the U.S. Constitution.
Read MoreThe European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held Italy in violation of Article 4 of Protocol 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the collective expulsion of aliens.
Read MoreGiven the prevalence of armed conflict and its essentially civilian nature, more and more individuals have the potential of falling within the provisions of Article 1F(a) of the Convention. The focus of this article is on “complicity” and how this is applied and interpreted by some of the leading jurisdictions in international refugee law to exclude individuals from Convention refugee status under Article 1F(a).
Read MoreIn February of this year, the Supreme Court of Canada heard four cases of sea-borne asylum seekers found to be ineligible for refugee protection because they helped other refugees come to Canada illegally. This is the first time in the history of international refugee law that the highest court of a country will address this issue.
Read MoreHungary’s decision this week to seal its border with Serbia with massive coils of barbed wire is an affront to any notion of good faith implementation of refugee law obligations.
Read MoreAugust 22, 2015 Julie Kornfeld Third-year student at the University of Michigan Law School. On Hispaniola, the island divided between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the early stages of a...
Read MoreIn April, the UN issued a press statement regarding the desperate condition of Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria. Due to the UNRWA’s inability to provide protection for certain Palestinian refugees who fall within their operational definition, an unprotected population of refugees has been created.
Read MoreIn March, a Thai court ruled that a group of 17 Uighur refugees would remain in detention until their nationalities were proven. Although the Turkish government had provided the group and other Uighur refugees with passports and travel permission, China claimed they were Uighur Muslims from Xinjiang, and asked Thailand for repatriation to China. The ensuing diplomatic tension has resulted in the repatriation of many Uighur refugees to China and shed light on Thai asylum practices.
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