Non-refoulement under threat

The prohibition of sending, expelling, returning or otherwise transferring (refoulement) a refugee to “territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group” is recognised in Article 33(1) of the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees, its 1967 protocol and is enshrined in numerous other treaty texts.

This seminar examined the extent to which current policies in relation to asylum and terrorism place this principle under threat and this report is a summary of the proceedings.

Published in November 2006

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