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Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees: State Obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention

Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees: State Obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention

Author: Emma Dunlop
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198885597
Published In: January 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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In Ensuring Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Emma Dunlop focuses on the scope and content of article 16 of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Under this article, States are obligated to provide asylum seekers and refugees with access to courts. This obligation entails a requirement to ensure 'effective' access, which may call for accommodations to be made to address individual vulnerabilities -where, for example, a person does not speak the language of the court or lacks easy access to a lawyer. It also guarantees additional rights to those who have attained 'habitual residence' in the host country.

Access to courts is a critical gateway right, the denial of which can prevent a person from defending other rights under domestic law. Yet, until now, article 16 has not received extensive scrutiny.

In the first dedicated monograph on article 16 of the 1951 Convention, Dunlop positions the article within the broader context of international human rights law, customary international law, and general principles of law, presenting a comprehensive account of asylum seekers' and refugees' right of access to courts. Taking an evolutionary approach to treaty interpretation, the book interrogates the scope and content of the article, evaluating the extent of its obligations. Despite developments in international human rights law since the article's adoption, Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees argues that it remains a relevant and robust source of protection. Offering rigorous and reasoned analysis of this critical provision, Dunlop advances a principled approach to interpreting article 16.

1:Introduction

2:Mapping the Field: New Interest in an Overlooked Provision

3:Applying the Rule of Treaty Interpretation to the 1951 Convention

4:The Development of Article 16 of the 1951 Convention

5:Access to Courts and Related Rights Under International Law

6:Interpreting Article 16

7:Conclusion