Refugee law is the branch of international law which deals with the rights and duties states have vis-a-vis refugees. There are differences of opinion...
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The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 is a United Nations...
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Canadian immigration and refugee law concerns the area of law related to the admission of foreign nationals into Canada, their rights and responsibilities...
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A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another...
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The Refugee Law Project (RLP) is a human rights organization and NGO that was established in 1999 as an outreach project of the school of Law of Makerere...
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Citizenship Act, RSC 1985, c. C-29, s. 5.1. "Citizenship law and adoption". Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. 24 September 2012. Archived from...
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Russian Federation's Law on Refugees defines who is a refugee for purposes of obtaining asylum in the country. The Law defines a refugee as a "person who...
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national refugee law, but it has always accepted refugees from neighbouring countries using the principles enunciated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1959: refugees will...
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and during the 1967 Six-Day War. Most Palestinian refugees live in or near 68 Palestinian refugee camps across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank...
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Asylum seeker (category Refugees)
according to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees or regionally applicable refugee laws—such as the European Convention on Human Rights, if...
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University of London, and is completing her PhD in International Refugee Law at the Law Faculty of Amsterdam University. She is an Affiliate Scholar at...
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1995, the first UNHCR Chair for Refugee Law was inaugurated at NLSIU, which serves as the Asian Centre for Refugee Law. Professor N. Subramanya worked...
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International Refugee Law. Retrieved 16 July 2019. "Kaldor Centre principles for Australian refugee policy: Summary and key priorities" (PDF). UNSW Law. June...
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Internally displaced person (redirect from Internal refugee)
borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee. In 2022, it was estimated there were...
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International Journal of Refugee Law. Erika Feller, Volker Türk, Frances Nicholson (eds.): Refugee Protection in International Law. Cambridge University...
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Asylum in the United States (redirect from U.S. refugee resettlement)
specified by international and federal law. People who seek protection while outside the U.S. are termed refugees, while people who seek protection from...
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institutions. In 2002 the GoC started undertaking RSD on its own. The first Refugee Law enacted in Parliament in 2000 has been amended in 2002, 2004, 2005 and...
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States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) is an amendment to the earlier Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance...
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The Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees is a key treaty in international refugee law. It entered into force on 4 October 1967, and 146 countries...
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Right of asylum (redirect from Political refugee)
and trucial Law of Nations is a principle and a fundamental part in the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees non-refoulement...
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Turkish migrant crisis (redirect from Turkey's refugee crisis)
The Turkish migrant crisis, sometimes referred to as the Turkish refugee crisis, was a period during the 2010s characterised by a high number of people...
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The International Journal of Refugee Law is a peer reviewed academic journal of the law relating to forced migration. It is published by Oxford University...
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El-Farouk Khaki (section Refugee law)
26, 1963) is a Tanzanian-born Muslim Canadian of Indian origin who is a refugee and immigration lawyer, and human rights activist on issues including gender...
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International relations INTERPOL Prize law Refugee law Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) UNIDROIT Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project (RULAC)...
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B. S. Chimni (category Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law people)
international law member at Jindal Global Law School. His areas of expertise include international law, international trade law and international refugee law. He...
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Refugees of the Syrian civil war are citizens and permanent residents of Syria who have fled the country in the course of the Syrian civil war. The pre-war...
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conditions of their removal. The primary law on these matters is in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Inheritance law in Canada is constitutionally a...
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programme of training activities in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Refugee Law and associated subjects. These activities are designed for a diverse...
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Immigration to Canada (redirect from Canadian Refugee Policy)
immigration law and policy went through significant changes, most notably with the Immigration Act, 1976, and the current Immigration and Refugee Protection...
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Natural law Natural and legal rights Refugee law Right of return Rule of law Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project Rule According to Higher Law Substantive...
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