The Right to Asylum in International Law: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

22 Pages Posted: 1 Dec 2017 Last revised: 20 Apr 2019

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Ralph R. A. Janik

Sigmund Freud Private University; University of Vienna; Andrassy University Budapest

Date Written: November 24, 2017

Abstract

The so-called refugee and migration crisis from 2015 onwards has shed new light on the status of the right to asylum and the non-refoulement principle. A survey of recent state practice shows that there is still not generally accepted universal individual right to asylum. On the con-trary, the international community as a whole and the EU in particular are increasingly reluc-tant to accept refugees on their territory. Nevertheless, states are not free to regulate the entry and stay of foreigners as they please. While the prohibition of extraditions, expulsions, or de-portations of individuals to countries where they face a serious risk of mistreatment remains untouched, Europe cooperates with transit countries to prevent asylum seekers from reaching its borders in the first place.

Keywords: international law, refugee law, asylum, human rights, european convention on human rights, refugee convention, non-refoulement, torture, inhuman treatment, degrading treatment, expulsion, deportations, european court of human rights, EU, European Union, Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Suggested Citation

Janik, Ralph R. A., The Right to Asylum in International Law: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? (November 24, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3076832 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3076832

Ralph R. A. Janik (Contact Author)

Sigmund Freud Private University

Freudplatz 3
Vienna, Vienna 1020
Austria

University of Vienna

Vienna, Vienna 1010
Austria

Andrassy University Budapest ( email )

Pollack Mihály tér 3
Budapest, 1088
Hungary

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