We are proud to release Palestinian Refugees and International Law: The International Legal Framework Governing Assistance, Protection and Durable Solutions.
This book approaches the question of Palestinian refugees from a legal, historical and political perspective to address these and other relevant questions. Seeking to impart an understanding of the place of Palestinian refugees under international law, it explores the rights of Palestinian refugees, including the collective rights of self-determination and state sovereignty and the individual right of return. It discusses the specialized, separate regime established for Palestinian refugees and the relationship of this regime vis-à-vis the UN Refugee Agency and the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
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Excerpts from Chapter 4 of Palestinian Refugees and International Law
Herein we provide our readers excerpts from our latest publication Palestinian Refugees and International Law dealing with the human rights instruments applicable to refugees.
Like all other human beings, refugees enjoy the basic human rights described in various international legal instruments, including regional and international treaties and declarations. Refugees are thus the subject of not only treaties that deal directly with refugee questions, such as the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (“CRSR”) and Refugee Protocol, but also of international law dealing with human rights protections. The most important of these texts are summarized below.
In cases where refugees’ rights are not protected in national legislation, such rights are often guaranteed under international law, which could take the form of international treaties that host countries may have ratified, persuasive sources of international law, customary international law or any combination of the three.
One may draw on the example of refugees’ rights to adequate housing free from discrimination. Persuasive sources of international law that guarantee this right include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“UDHR), which sets forth a right to “a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of [each individual] and his family” (Art. 25.1 UDHR). International treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“ICESCR”), require States party to guarantee the “right of everyone to an adequate standard of living … including adequate … housing” (Art. 11.1 ICESCR). The right to “adequate housing” was also reiterated by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights with respect to the 1991 Sixth session of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) (UN Doc. E/1992/23).
Moreover, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (“ICERD”) requires States party to “prohibit and eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the … right to housing” (Art. 5 ICERD).
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Refugee Rights Series™
- Introduction to the Global Refugee Framework: An International Legal Perspective
- Palestinian Refugees and International Law
- Hope and a Future: The Story of Syrian Refugees
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