Protection of the right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system / by Chaloka Beyani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beyani, Chaloka.

Series:

Refugees and Human Rights 12.

Refugees and human rights, 1387-6031 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Africa.

Human rights.

Civil rights--Africa.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The use of international human rights machinery to protect refugees has acquired an important dimension in recent years. This is true of both the United Nations treaty body system and the African, European and Inter-American regional systems of of human rights. The result is a dynamic international invigoration of traditional refugee law that, in contradistinction, tends to be applied at the level of national courts and tribunals. Yet the precise role of human rights in the protection of refugees is sometimes viewed with suspicion and uncertainty. This Commentary provides a valuable insight into the use of human rights in the protection of refugees through the prism of the African Human Rights System.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Background

The Applicable Legal Framework

The African Charter and the Protection of Refugees

Access to Justice: The Right of Asylum Seekers and Refugees to Lodge Individual Complaints

Protection Techniques

Case Studies

Appendices

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-299-18470-7

90-04-22861-6

OCLC:

829461154

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004228610 DOI