African Refugees and the Law
Title | African Refugees and the Law PDF eBook |
Author | Göran Melander |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Political refugees |
ISBN |
The Seminar on Legal Aspects of the African Refugee Problem, which took place in Uppsala in 1977, formed part of the preparations for the 1979 Arusha Conference on African Refugees. This book contains the papers presented to the seminar and the report on the discussions. There were six main topics, each covered by a working paper: 'Convention Refugees and De Facto Refugees' (P. Weis); 'Determination of Refugee Status under International Law' (G. Jaeger); 'Refugees in Orbit' (G. Melander); 'African Refugees in Europe' (B. Weibo); 'Political Rights and Freedom of Refugees' (A. Grahl-Madsen); and 'National Law and Model Legislation on the Rights and Protection of Refugees in Africa' (P. Nobel).
The Regional Law of Refugee Protection in Africa
Title | The Regional Law of Refugee Protection in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Marina Sharpe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2018-07-19 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0192560670 |
This book analyses the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa, including both refugee and human rights law as well as treaty and institutional elements. The regime is addressed in two parts. Part One analyses the relevant treaties: the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 1981 African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. The latter two regional instruments are examined in depth. This includes the first fulsome account of the African Refugee Conventions drafting, an interpretation of its unique refugee definition and original analysis of the relationships between the three treaties. Significant attention is devoted to the systemic relationship between the international and the regional refugee treaties and to the discrete relationships of conflict and complementary relationships between the two refugee instruments, as well as to the relationships between the African Refugee Convention and African Charter. Part Two focuses on the institutional architecture supporting the treaty framework. The Organization of African Unity is addressed in a historical sense, and the contemporary roles of the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights and the current and contemplated African human rights courts are examined. This book is the first devoted to the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa.
African Refugees and the Law
Title | African Refugees and the Law PDF eBook |
Author | Goran Melander |
Publisher | |
Pages | 97 |
Release | 1978-06-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780841997363 |
Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Cristiano d'Orsi |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2015-08-11 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317669819 |
It is not often acknowledged that the great majority of African refugee movement happens within Africa rather than from Africa to the West. This book examines the specific characteristics and challenges of the refugee situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering a new and critical vision on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in the African continent. Cristiano d’Orsi considers the international, regional and domestic legal and institutional frameworks linked to refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa, and explores the contributions African refugee protection has brought to the cause on a global scale. Key issues covered in the book include the theory and the practice of non-refoulement, an analysis of the phenomenon of mass-influx, the concept of burden-sharing, and the role of freedom fighters. The book goes on to examine the expulsions of refugees and the historical role played by UNHCR in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a work which follows the persecution and legal challenges of those in search of a safe haven, this book will be of great interest and use to researchers and students of immigration and asylum law, international law, human rights, and African studies.
Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa
Title | Advancing Refugee Protection in South Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Handmaker |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9781845451097 |
Divided into three thematic parts to guide the reader, this important volume documents the development and implementation of refugee policy in South Africa over a 10-year period from 1996 until 2006. In doing so, it addresses issues of detention, gender, children and health as well as welfare policies for refugees. The contributions, all written by academics and practitioners of refugee protection, vividly illustrate the tangible shifts and concerns of a process that is not only aimed at establishing policies and legislation but also practices concerning refugees.
African Refugees and the Law
Title | African Refugees and the Law PDF eBook |
Author | Nordic Africa institute |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Protection of the Right to Seek and Obtain Asylum under the African Human Rights System
Title | Protection of the Right to Seek and Obtain Asylum under the African Human Rights System PDF eBook |
Author | Chaloka Beyani |
Publisher | Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2013-02-06 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004228616 |
This Commentary draws on the applied use of international human rights law under the African System of Human Rights to provide protection to those who need it most- refugees.