Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law

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dc.contributor.advisorKhan, Fatimaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGregusson Svartdal, Fridtjofen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-12T08:57:38Z
dc.date.available2018-02-12T08:57:38Z
dc.date.issued2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe number of refugees worldwide has never been higher, with an estimate of 65.3 million forcibly displaced persons by the end of 2015. The brunt of the material, economic and social burdens these waves of often destitute persons represent is borne by a minority of closeproximity States, ill-equipped to handle mass influxes of people in dire need of protection and assistance. This dissertation explores the legal obligations of States to share the burden of international refugees, through four select research questions. Firstly, the existence of universal and regional obligations to burden-share are examined. Secondly, the legality of the 'third safe country' notion is examined under international law. Thirdly, the economic responsibilities of refugee-generating States towards refugees, asylum States and the UNHCR is examined. Fourthly, the obligations of States to rescue asylum seekers in distress at sea, and to process their asylum claims is examined. The fundamental observation of the dissertation is that although the 1951 Convention provides a generous set of rights to persecuted persons, its primary shortcoming in the context of this dissertation, is the lack of a clear and positive obligation, ensuring a fair distribution of the burdens of refugees between the signatory States. However, regional efforts do, to a degree, mitigate this issue by establishing obligations which seek to distribute the costs and burdens of refugees.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGregusson Svartdal, F. (2017). <i>Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27535en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGregusson Svartdal, Fridtjof. <i>"Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27535en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGregusson Svartdal, F. 2017. Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gregusson Svartdal, Fridtjof AB - The number of refugees worldwide has never been higher, with an estimate of 65.3 million forcibly displaced persons by the end of 2015. The brunt of the material, economic and social burdens these waves of often destitute persons represent is borne by a minority of closeproximity States, ill-equipped to handle mass influxes of people in dire need of protection and assistance. This dissertation explores the legal obligations of States to share the burden of international refugees, through four select research questions. Firstly, the existence of universal and regional obligations to burden-share are examined. Secondly, the legality of the 'third safe country' notion is examined under international law. Thirdly, the economic responsibilities of refugee-generating States towards refugees, asylum States and the UNHCR is examined. Fourthly, the obligations of States to rescue asylum seekers in distress at sea, and to process their asylum claims is examined. The fundamental observation of the dissertation is that although the 1951 Convention provides a generous set of rights to persecuted persons, its primary shortcoming in the context of this dissertation, is the lack of a clear and positive obligation, ensuring a fair distribution of the burdens of refugees between the signatory States. However, regional efforts do, to a degree, mitigate this issue by establishing obligations which seek to distribute the costs and burdens of refugees. DA - 2017 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2017 T1 - Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law TI - Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27535 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27535
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGregusson Svartdal F. Musical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee law. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Private Law, 2017 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27535en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Private Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInternational Refugee Lawen_ZA
dc.titleMusical chairs: selected questions of burden-sharing in international refugee lawen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameLLMen_ZA
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