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Refugees Without Borders: Legal Implications Of The Refugee Crisis In The Schengen Zone, Bridget Carr
Refugees Without Borders: Legal Implications Of The Refugee Crisis In The Schengen Zone, Bridget Carr
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note will first examine current practices utilized by Member States and their strategic partners outside the Zone to manage flows of third-country nationals from the Middle East and North Africa. It will then explore how these practices are not compatible with principles of protection from degrading and inhuman treatment, non-refoulement, and non-discrimination as codified in the Schengen Borders Code, European Convention on Human Rights, and the Refugee Convention, among others. Finally, this Note will propose targeted reforms for the Schengen Zone’s internal and external border management aimed at protecting the human rights of displaced persons and modifying incentive structures …
Human Rights Legislation In The Arab World: The Case Of Human Trafficking, Mohamed Y. Mattar
Human Rights Legislation In The Arab World: The Case Of Human Trafficking, Mohamed Y. Mattar
Michigan Journal of International Law
In the Arab World, human rights legislation has not always enhanced human rights. In fact, many national laws have been adopted that restrict human rights. Some countries' laws regulating nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) do not allow NGOs to receive funding from foreign entities. Media laws impose various limitations on the press. Jordan is the only Arab nation to enforce a comprehensive law on combating violence against women. Jordan is also the only country that has a law on access to information. Despite these gaps in human rights legislation, many Arab countries have passed comprehensive laws to combat human trafficking since the …