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International Law

Dr. Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler

Selected Works

2014

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Full-Text Articles in Human Rights Law

Non-Refoulemt Between Common Article 1 And Common Article 3, Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler Esq. Jan 2014

Non-Refoulemt Between Common Article 1 And Common Article 3, Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler Esq.

Dr. Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler

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Out-Of-Country Voting: The Predicament Of The Recognised 1951 Convention Refugee, Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler Esq. Jan 2014

Out-Of-Country Voting: The Predicament Of The Recognised 1951 Convention Refugee, Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler Esq.

Dr. Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler

‘Out-of-Country Voting: The Predicament of the Recognised Refugee’ points to an emerging global trajectory to consider non-resident citizens (expatriates) as eligible voters in elections of their country of citizenship and to provide them access to Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) procedures. The chapter distinguishes between three types of expatriates: voluntary migrants, including migrant workers and their families; conflict forced migrants; and recognised (1951 Geneva Convention) refugees. It argues that the strength of the normative claim of recognised refugees to remain eligible voters and to access OCV processes is met with a political (and legal) reality in which their disenfranchisement is highly likely. …