Search results for: “political refugee”
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International Refugee Law
International Refugee Law International law: the refugee See International law and refugee conventions: States parties 1. International Instruments Basic instruments 1946 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization Extracts 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights Extracts 1950 Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…
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Refugee History
Introduction to Refugee HistoryThe UN definition of a refugee was developed following World War II. During that war millions of people were displaced by the fighting and by the Holocaust. But the concept of a refugee dates back much earlier. Throughout recorded history, oppression and disas…
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Refugee Problems
Refugee Recent Refugee ProblemsIntroduction to Refugee ProblemsOf the world's nearly 14 million refugees and asylum seekers at the beginning of 2007, 5.9 million were living in North Africa and the Middle East; 2.9 million in Africa south of the Sahara; 2.9 million in South and…
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Political Offense
Introduction to Political OffensePolitical Offense, in criminal law, act declared by a state to involve a threat to its safety or existence, as treason or sedition, or declared to constitute an interference with the organization and processes of government, as bribery of public officials. S…
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Refugee Outlook
Introduction to Refugee OutlookBecause the causes of political and economic upheaval-deprivation of human rights, civil war, lack of food and other resources-remain in operation in the developing world, the large-scale movement of refugees is bound to continue, mostly in the countries least…
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Refugees Part 18
Refugees Part 18 271 The State of the World’s Refugees : Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action Arthur C. Helton International Journal of Refugee Law Volume 13, Number 1 & 2, January 2001 p.269-274 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 272 Managing Displacement: Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism. Jennifer Hyndman Ralph Wilde International Journal of…
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Refugees Part 17
Refugees Part 17 253 Europe and Refugees – Towards an EU Asylum Policy Hélène Lambert International Journal of Refugee Law Volume 14, Number 1, January 2002 p.174-176 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 254 RUSHING TO JUDGMENT: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT FOR BONA FIDE REFUGEES Regina Germain Georgetown Immigration Law Journal…
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Refugees Part 7
Refugees Part 7 112 Manufacturing Threats: Asylum Seekers as Threats or Refugees ? Scott D. Watson Journal of International Law and International Relations Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2007 p.95 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 113 Book Review: The Rights of Refugees Under International Law Helen Sims Victoria University of Wellington Law Review Volume…
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Refugees Part 3
Refugees Part 3 36 Policing with prejudice: how policing exacerbates poverty among urban Refugees Dulo Nyaoro International Journal of Human Rights Volume 14, Number 1, February 2010 p.126-145 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 37 S Leckie Housing, Land and Property Restitution Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons: Laws, Cases and Materials Cambridge University Press,…
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Refugees Part 2
Refugees Part 2 20 First term blues: Labor, Refugees and immigration reform Mary Crock Australian Journal of Administrative law Volume 17, Number 4, August 2010 p.205 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW In early 2010 the continuing arrival of boats carrying asylum seekers, problems in the foreign student program and backlogs in skilled migration combined…
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Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 4
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees ARTICLE 28 Travel Documents 1. The Contracting States shall issue to Refugees lawfully staying in their territory travel documents for the purpose of travel outside their territory, unless compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require, and the provisions of the Schedule to this Convention…
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Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 2
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees ARTICLE 7 Exemption from Reciprocity 1. Except where this Convention contains more favourable provisions, a Contracting State shall accord to Refugees the same treatment as is accorded to aliens generally. 2. After a period of three years’ residence, all Refugees shall enjoy exemption from legislative reciprocity in…
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Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE I Definition of the Term “Refugee A. For the purposes of the present Convention, the term refugee “shall apply to any person who : (1) Has been considered a refugee under the Arrangements of 12th May, 1926(4) and 30th June, 1928 or…
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Bicameral System
Introduction to the Bicameral System Bicameral System, legislative system in which the power of making the law is vested in two chambers, or houses, both of which must approve a bill before it becomes law. In general the upper house is composed of members selected on a territorial basis, […]