The Right to Leave Any Country Including Your Own in International Law

28 Connecticut Journal of International Law 2012, pp. 43-71

30 Pages Posted: 21 May 2011 Last revised: 10 Mar 2016

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Dimitry Kochenov

CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest; CEU Department of Legal Studies, Vienna; Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Date Written: May 20, 2011

Abstract

The paper analyses the current state of the right to leave any country in International Law. Having provided a brief outline of the key instruments of International Law both at the general and at the regional levels responsible for the formal shaping of the right (I.) the analysis moves on to a brief outline of the history of the right predating the entry into force of the documents described in the first section (II.) The focus then shifts to the assessment of the key challenges emerging in the context of the practical operation of the right. The role played by passports in making the right under scrutiny usable in practice is addressed (III.) The piece then proceeds to provide a brief assessment of the essential components of the possible limitations of this right (IV.) and concludes with a brief outline of the main findings, essentially coming to ask the question whether the right to leave any country including your own is de facto guaranteed in International Law, coming to a mildly negative conclusion.

Keywords: liberty, right to leave, international law, migration, movement, immigration

Suggested Citation

Kochenov, Dimitry and Kochenov, Dimitry, The Right to Leave Any Country Including Your Own in International Law (May 20, 2011). 28 Connecticut Journal of International Law 2012, pp. 43-71, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1847769

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