Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: Principle of non-refoulement, University of Yaoundé I (Catholic Institut of Yaoundé (Cameroon) - Academy of Peace and Human Rights at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon)), course: Refugee Protection, language: English, abstract: There are many international standards or instruments which protect the rights of refugees to non-refoulment. These instruments are: the United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees of 1951 and its protocol of 1967, the international covenant on civil and political rights of 1966, the United Nations convention against torture of 1989 and the Convention of the Organization of the African Unity governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa adopted in 1969. These instruments play a great role in favoring the implementation of the principle of non-refoulement.

Through a balanced account, this monograph interrogates the tenets of the principle of non-refoulement and takes the view that the theory and the practical approach to this principle must find a harmonious intersection. The implementation of the principle of non-refoulement illustrates a mixed result. While jurisprudence continuously relies on the traditional approach to the principle, state parties have bent and narrowed its implementation in order to cater to contemporary security threats. This monograph takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and in-depth guide into refugee law by explaining the intellectual, legal and pragmatic challenges posed in interpreting the principle of non-refoulement. It further explores the concepts of the traditional and non-pronounced customary approach to the principle in both the court room and the political arena. In this regard, it proposes amendments to ensure an equitable balance between protection of state security and promotion of the rights of refugees. This monograph is divided into five chapters, each dealing with a specific angle to the principle of non-refoulement.

This book examines the socio-economic rights challenges of refugees and asylum seekers in Africa. It seeks to fill a major gap in the literature by providing a nuanced discussion of the barriers to the realisation of the socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Africa. It equally aims to provide some concrete recommendations to African governments towards the realisation of the socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers. With the aid of lessons from selected African countries, this book highlights the gaps, challenges and good practices regarding the realisation of the socio-economic rights of refugees and asylum seekers in the region. The book will be useful to researchers, students, academicians, policymakers, and international organisations or institutions interested in advancing the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.

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.

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).

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