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Subject: Refugee and Humanitarian Law

Class Room I
LL.M (Human Rights)

Lectures
Constituti
on

Refugee

Rights of Refugees under

International law
Abhishek Kutty

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INTRODUCTION
1951 Convention
Applies to all without any discrimination
Refugee law as a surrogate or substitute protection of human
rights. (Canada v. Ward , (1993) 2 S.C.R. 689. )

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Rights of Refugees

Asylum

Remain

*Seek*

*not to
be a
refugee*

Refoulme
nt

Expulsion

Exemption Identity
from illegal Papers
entry

*save on
the grounds
*Habeus
of national Corpus*
security/pub
lic order*

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CompensationFreedom
of
Peaceful
Assembly

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Rights of Refugees

Freedom of
religion
and access
to courts

Life and

Equality personal liberty

Family
and Nonlife
discriminati
on

Educa
tion
And
work

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Rights of Refugees
Women and Children

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Right to RSD

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Prominent Case
laws

Rights of Refugees
awaiting SD

Restraints on
Express recognition
deportation
of UNHCR
Right of
custody to
UNHCR

Protection by law is
incomplete and

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Conclusion

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