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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 among international law scholars as to the relationship between refugee law and international human rights law or humanitarian law .
Prior to the 1951 convention, the League of Nations' Convention relating to the International Status of Refugees, of 28 October 1933, dealt with administrative measures such as the issuance of Nansen certificates, refoulement, legal questions, labour conditions, industrial accidents, welfare and relief, education, fiscal regime and exemption from reciprocity, and provided for the creation of ...
The definition of a refugee at this time was an individual with either a Nansen passport or a "certificate of identity" issued by the International Refugee Organization. The Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 1946, specified the agency's field of operations ...
According to US law, individuals are eligible for asylum status based on the following conditions: [32] Meet the definition of refugee; Are already inside the United States; Are seeking admission at a port of entry; There are two main types of asylum an applicant can request under US law: affirmative asylum and defensive asylum.
Personal status (e.g. marital status) of a stateless person to be governed by the law of his/her domicile ahead of the law of his/her residence. Article 13: Rights to property to be no less than accorded to aliens generally. Article 14: Intellectual property rights to be no less than accorded by a Contracting State to its own nationals. Article 15:
Non-refoulement (/ r ə ˈ f uː l m ɒ̃ /) is a fundamental principle of international law anchored in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees that forbids a country from deporting ("refoulement") any person to any country in which their "life or freedom would be threatened" on account of "race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion".
International law is largely silent on the issue of nationality law with the exception of cases of dual nationality or where someone is claiming rights under refugee law but as, argued by the political theorist Hannah Arendt, human rights are often tied to someone's nationality. [123]
International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Julius Stone; The Feasibility of the Right of Return by Salman Abu-Sittah; Palestinian Refugees and the Right of Return: An International Law Analysis by Gail J. Boling; The Palestinian Refugees and the non-existence of the Right of Return, Ben-Dror Yemini