Abstract
States are obliged for protection of refugees under international law on account of their membership of United Nations and signature or accession to International Refugee Instruments as well as International Human Rights Instruments. The legal basis for this international protection may either be customary international law or conventional international law. The basic customary international laws applicable to them are those pertinent fundamental human rights found in the International Bill of Human Rights. Hence, it is submitted that all states should protect the fundamental human rights of refugees under customary international law. Principle of non-refoulement is one of them. The refugee regime has generated a serious body of law that elaborates basic human rights norms and has important implications in and beyond the refugee context. There are a number of universal, regional and domestic human rights instruments and mechanisms which can be employed to enhance the protection of refugees and asylum seekers. This research aims at finding out the role of principle of non-refoulement in protecting refugees and asylum seekers under international human rights law
Keywords
Non-Refoulement; Human Rights; Implication; UDHR; ICCPR; ICESCR; ECHR ECtHR.
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Sheikh, I. (2018), Human Rights Implications of the NonRefoulement & Development. International Journal For Empirical Education and Research, 2(10), 1-16.
Sheikh, I. (2018) "Human Rights Implications of the NonRefoulement & Development", International Journal For Empirical Education and Research, 2(10), pp.1-16.
Sheikh, I.. Human Rights Implications of the NonRefoulement & Development. International Journal For Empirical Education and Research. 2018; 2(10): 1-16.
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