Human Rights Research Proposal - page 1
Keywords: PRINCIPLE OF NON-REFOULEMENT & STATE PRACTICE
By artclub on 14/08/2010
Level: Master's degree (MA, MBA, MSc, MEng, MRes, MPhil etc)
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PRINCIPLE OF NON-REFOULEMENT
&
STATE PRACTICE
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT ..........................................................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................
I - THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-REFOULEMENT ...........................................................................................
A) Definition of non-refoulement ..................................................................................................
B) Definition of refugee................................................................................................................
C) Development of the principle ...................................................................................................
D) UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 ..........................................................
1) Article 33 of 1951 Convention ..............................................................................................
E) Other Instruments .................................................................................................................
II STATE PRACTICE ..........................................................................................................................
A) Criterion for Qualifying As A Customary Intl Law.....................................................................
B) State Practice in Situation of Mass Influx.................................................................................
1) Mass Influx ........................................................................................................................
C) Restrictive Immigration Policies ..............................................................................................
1) European Union Policy for Treatment of Refugees & Asylum Seekers....................................
2) United States Policy for Treatment of Refugees & Asylum Seekers........................................
III - IMPACT OF STATE PRACTICE ON NON-REFOULEMENT& SUPERVISORY MECHANISM.......................
A) Different Practices (Plea) Of States .........................................................................................
1) Justifications & Exceptions .................................................................................................
2) Temporary Protection ........................................................................................................
3) Safe Third Country .............................................................................................................
4) Rejection At the borders/Frontiers......................................................................................
B) Impact of Different Practices (Plea) Of States on Non-Refoulement ........................................
C) Supervisory Mechanism ........................................................................................................
IV - RECOMMENDATIONS/PROPOSALS.........................................................................
A) Concept of Burden of Sharing Should Be Promoted ............................................................
B) New Provision of Non-Refoulement ....................................................................................
C) Whether A Person Is A Refugee or Not Test Applicable.................................................
D) Direct & Indirect Refoulement Both Illegal...............................................................
E) Use of Exception of Non-Refoulement In Stricto Senso.........................................................
F) Mass Influx Situation New Provision................................................................................
G) Temporary Protection New Provision ............................................................................
H) Improvement in Supervisory Mechanism ............................................................................
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................
BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................
ABSTRACT
This research paper discusses various international & regional instruments supporting the
principle of non-refoulement. It is contented that the principle forms part of customary
international law & as such it is binding on all States irrespective of whether or not they are
parties to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Rights of Refugees & its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.
This research paper also assesses the States practice with regard to the principle of non-
refoulement& it is concluded that States accepts this principle in documents but violates in
practice. The impact of this practice reflects the need for a new provision meeting the needs of new era.
The supervisory mechanism given in convention is also discussed & analyzed in this
research paper.
INTRODUCTION
The principle of non-refoulement is basically a tool to provide protection to an individual
or to a group who doesn‟t enjoy the protection of their country of origin and are at the border of another State or have entered it looking for such protection.
It has been a matter of consistent debate over the last fifty years whether the principle of
non-refoulement has qualified the status of a norm
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