Add to ORKGIn this Article, we argue that the House of Lords\u27 reasoning in Adan was seriously flawed. The House of Lords correctly recognized that evidence that minorities face a heightened risk of being persecuted can be sufficient to show a nexus to a Convention ground. Yet it erred when it went on to hold that only differentially at-risk individuals or groups can benefit from refugee status. If a person\u27s risk of being persecuted is causally linked to his or her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, the nexus requirement is satisfied irrespective of whether the applicant is a member of a minority group that is particularly vulnerable to harm
In Abu Qatada v UK, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that deportation with assurances...
This article argues for a change in United States asylum policy at a time when change is needed most...
This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, throug...
International law requires that a refugee have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons o...
In this Article, we argue that the House of Lords\u27 reasoning in Adan was seriously flawed. The Ho...
International law requires that a person have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of...
Refugee status at international law requires more than demonstration of a risk of being persecuted. ...
This article asks whether it is morally acceptable for a liberal democratic state to consider refuge...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
The current global ‘crisis’ of the refugee movement has drawn to the forefront longstanding public w...
In order to be granted asylum in the United States, an applicant has to show that she has suffered p...
The touchstone of refugee law is the concept of persecution. The concept is poorly defined. The cour...
Copyright © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2014. The question of whether arb...
When is an applicant for refugee status “unworthy” of asylum? It used to be thought this question wa...
In Abu Qatada v UK, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that deportation with assurances...
This article argues for a change in United States asylum policy at a time when change is needed most...
This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, throug...
International law requires that a refugee have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons o...
In this Article, we argue that the House of Lords\u27 reasoning in Adan was seriously flawed. The Ho...
International law requires that a person have a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of...
Refugee status at international law requires more than demonstration of a risk of being persecuted. ...
This article asks whether it is morally acceptable for a liberal democratic state to consider refuge...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
This Article argues that the current approaches to asylum claims based on social group membership ...
The current global ‘crisis’ of the refugee movement has drawn to the forefront longstanding public w...
In order to be granted asylum in the United States, an applicant has to show that she has suffered p...
The touchstone of refugee law is the concept of persecution. The concept is poorly defined. The cour...
Copyright © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2014. The question of whether arb...
When is an applicant for refugee status “unworthy” of asylum? It used to be thought this question wa...
In Abu Qatada v UK, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that deportation with assurances...
This article argues for a change in United States asylum policy at a time when change is needed most...
This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, throug...