This paper starts by situating international protection as but one legal response to the situation of people outside their countries due to disasters (section 2). Instead, migration law will often be the primary framework for resolving mobility issues in this context. Nonetheless, for persons who do face a risk of harm, international protection law may potentially apply. The paper sets out guidance, for international protection purposes, on how to conceptualise disasters (section 3) and claims in this context (section 4), and on the application of specific elements of the universal and regional refugee definitions (section 5) and the non-refoulement principle in international human rights law (section 6).
David Cantor, Bruce Burson, Brian Aycock, Nikolas Feith Tan, Tekli Anastasiou, Emily Arnold-Fernandez, et al. (2024). International Protection, Disasters and Climate Change. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFUGEE LAW, XX, 1-22.
International Protection, Disasters and Climate Change
Chiara Scissa
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2024
Abstract
This paper starts by situating international protection as but one legal response to the situation of people outside their countries due to disasters (section 2). Instead, migration law will often be the primary framework for resolving mobility issues in this context. Nonetheless, for persons who do face a risk of harm, international protection law may potentially apply. The paper sets out guidance, for international protection purposes, on how to conceptualise disasters (section 3) and claims in this context (section 4), and on the application of specific elements of the universal and regional refugee definitions (section 5) and the non-refoulement principle in international human rights law (section 6).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
