The law of asylum in the Middle East and Asia
Is someone a refugee if he or she has fled to a state that hasn't signed the Refugee Convention or recognised refugees in its domestic law? If this person isn't a refugee, does he or she have any rights? What protection is owed to him or her by the new state of residence? How can the law, lawyers and legal institutions respond to the vulnerability, needs and capacities of such individuals?
The goal of this project is to support new refugee legal aid programming in the Global South, particularly in places where such programming has been overlooked because either or both the lack of the Refugee Convention and the absence of local refugee legislation. It aims to develop a better understanding of the process of litigation and factors that influence its success. As both the UN more generally and UNHCR more specifically move towards a renewed emphasis on the rule of law, the project will suggest pathways to protection that are consistent with this new emphasis and which pay attention to the expertise and agency of local legal and refugee communities.
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York Asia Research Network
yarn@york.ac.uk
York Asia Research Network,
Department of History,
University of York,
Heslington, York,
YO10 5DD
Contact us
York Asia Research Network
yarn@york.ac.uk
York Asia Research Network,
Department of History,
University of York,
Heslington, York,
YO10 5DD