Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees: State Obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention...

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Emma Dunlop (Barrister, Barrister)

Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

State Obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention

Emma Dunlop (Barrister, Barrister)

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Oxford University Press
18 April 2024

Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law

In Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Emma Dunlop focuses on the scope and content of article 16 of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Under this article, States are obligated to provide asylum seekers and refugees with access to courts. This obligation entails a requirement to ensure 'effective' access, which may call for accommodations to be made to address individual vulnerabilities -where, for example, a person does not speak the language of the court or lacks easy access to a lawyer. It also guarantees additional rights to those who have attained 'habitual residence' in the host country.

Access to courts is a critical gateway right, the denial of which can prevent a person from defending other rights under domestic law. Yet, until now, article 16 has not received extensive scrutiny.

In the first dedicated monograph on article 16 of the 1951 Convention, Dunlop positions the article within the broader context of international human rights law, customary international law, and general principles of law, presenting a comprehensive account of asylum seekers' and refugees' right of access to courts. Taking an evolutionary approach to treaty interpretation, the book interrogates the scope and content of the article, evaluating the extent of its obligations. Despite developments in international human rights law since the article's adoption, Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees argues that it remains a relevant and robust source of protection. Offering rigorous and reasoned analysis of this critical provision, Dunlop advances a principled approach to interpreting article 16.

By: Emma Dunlop (Barrister Barrister)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198885597
ISBN 10: 0198885598
Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction 2: Mapping the Field: New Interest in an Overlooked Provision 3: Applying the Rule of Treaty Interpretation to the 1951 Convention 4: The Development of Article 16 of the 1951 Convention 5: Access to Courts and Related Rights Under International Law 6: Interpreting Article 16 7: Conclusion

Emma Dunlop is a Barrister in Sydney, Australia. She holds a PhD from UNSW Sydney, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours Class I) and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Class I and University Medal) from the University of Sydney, an LLM in International Legal Studies from New York University, where she studied as a Hugo Grotius Scholar, and a Master of Studies in Legal Research from the University of Oxford. She is an affiliate of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law.