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To Transfer Or Not To Transfer: Identifying And Protecting Relevant Human Rights Interests In Non-Refoulement, Vijay M. Padmanabhan Mar 2011

To Transfer Or Not To Transfer: Identifying And Protecting Relevant Human Rights Interests In Non-Refoulement, Vijay M. Padmanabhan

Vijay M Padmanabhan

Human rights law imposes upon States an absolute duty not to transfer an individual to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing he or she will be tortured or subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. This protection, called non-refoulement, emanates from a theory of human rights that recognizes rights fulfillment requires States to protect those within their jurisdiction from rights violations perpetrated by third parties, including other States. Generally human rights law recognizes that resource constraints and/or competing rights restrict protection duties. But such limitations have not been recognized in the non-refoulement context with limited theorization as …


To Transfer Or Not To Transfer: Identifying And Protecting Relevant Human Rights Interests In Non-Refoulement, Vijay M. Padmanabhan Feb 2011

To Transfer Or Not To Transfer: Identifying And Protecting Relevant Human Rights Interests In Non-Refoulement, Vijay M. Padmanabhan

Vijay M Padmanabhan

Human rights law imposes upon States an absolute duty not to transfer an individual to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing he or she will be tortured or subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. This protection, called non-refoulement, emanates from a theory of human rights that recognizes rights fulfillment requires States to protect those within their jurisdiction from rights violations perpetrated by third parties, including other States. Generally human rights law recognizes that resource constraints and/or competing rights restrict protection duties. But such limitations have not been recognized in the non-refoulement context with limited theorization as …