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Extraterritorial Application And Customary Norm Assessment Of Non-Refoulement: The Legality Of Australia's 'Turn-Back' Policy, James Mansfield
Extraterritorial Application And Customary Norm Assessment Of Non-Refoulement: The Legality Of Australia's 'Turn-Back' Policy, James Mansfield
The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review
This article considers whether the Commonwealth Government’s border protection policy of turning back asylum seeker boats breaches its international obligation not to refoule refugees, as imposed under the Refugee Convention art 33(1). In addressing this issue the article examines whether art 33(1) applies extraterritorially, and whether a similar obligation has become embedded in customary international law. The conclusions reached are applied to specific situations where Australia has returned refugees.
No Country For Some Men?: Statelessness In The United States And Lessons From The European Union, Lia G. Melikian
No Country For Some Men?: Statelessness In The United States And Lessons From The European Union, Lia G. Melikian
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Stories From The Margins: Refugees With Disabilities Rebuilding Lives, Brent C. Elder
Stories From The Margins: Refugees With Disabilities Rebuilding Lives, Brent C. Elder
Societies Without Borders
First-hand accounts of resettlement are seldom heard from refugees with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to facilitate a space for refugees with disabilities to tell their life histories, and their experiences related to resettlement. A global ethnographic framework was used to gather life history interview data from six refugees with a label of disability who have resettled in the United States. To better understand participants’ life histories, multiple theoretical perspectives were utilized including: critical cultural theory, critical race theory (CRT), critical disability studies (CDS), and disability studies (DS) which helped to interpret and navigate the nebulous intersections of …