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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 ...
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:
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The International Journal of Refugee Law is a peer reviewed academic journal of the law relating to forced ...
James Hathaway (born 1956) is a Canadian-American scholar of international refugee law and related aspects of human rights and public international law.His work has been frequently cited by the most senior courts of the common law world, and has played a pivotal role in the evolution of refugee studies scholarship.
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 are parties. The 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees restricted refugee status to those whose circumstances had come about "as a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951", as well as giving states party to ...
The Palestinian-led [20] BDS movement asserts that Israel must comply with international law by, among other things, "[r]especting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN Resolution 194." [21]
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