International protection proceedings Abstract The content of this diploma thesis is a discussion of the procedural side of international protection. In order to understand this topic, it is first necessary to realize where relevant sources can be found. The sources of international law in the form of soft law will help us to understand the general principles of the area. The legal regulation valid in the Czech Republic can be found at the level of European Union legislation and at the level of national regulations of the Czech Republic. It is also appropriate to define some basic concepts. The definition of the concept of international protection proceedings with the help of the concept of a decision on international protection is absolutely essential for this work. This umbrella concept has undergone its own development in the past. The definition of the boundaries of the concept of international protection proceedings is also carried out in this work by means of the so-called other proceedings from the Asylum Act. The thesis also deals with the basic building blocks of the whole process, which are the basic principles of proceedings in matters of international protection and the fundamental rights of the applicant, which match his position during the proceedings to meet the requirements of a fair trial....

Magister Legum - LLM / This study set out to analyse Zimbabwe’s obligations under international law for the protection of UARC. Chapter one was an introduction to the study laying out the background of refugee and child protection. The background established that it was after World War II that the international community saw the need for an international instrument to define the legal status of refugees, after the refugee problem had not been resolved after World War I. This development saw the creation of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. On the African continent the large number of people fleeing wars and internal conflict led to the adoption of the OAU Convention to address the unique problems associated with African refugees. The chapter also established that the protection of UARC should be integrated early into the design and implementation of assistance programmes. A child ought to be treated as a child first and as a refugee second. The main hypothesis of the research as set out in the chapter was that the children and refugee policies and laws in Zimbabwe do not sufficiently protect children in vulnerable situations such as UARC. Subsequent chapters addressed the issues raised in chapter one, that is outlining the obligations that Zimbabwe has internationally and showing whether these obligations are being fulfilled. Chapter two of the study examined Zimbabwe’s obligations in both international and regional law for protection of UARC. The study concluded that Zimbabwe by ratifying all refugee and children’s conventions, regionally and internationally is bound to protect refugee children, especially those who are unaccompanied. The chapter also established that the refugee Conventions do not fully protect UARC, as the definition of a refugee does not cater for children. It was submitted that these definitions require amendment. Specific protection for refugee children is provided in Art 22 of the CRC and Art 23 of the ACRWC, establishing that the best interests’ of the child principle is paramount especially to unaccompanied refugee in all stages of their displacement cycle until they receive appropriate accommodation. General Comment 6 lays out the various legal obligations that States have which include the obligation to respect the best interests of the child, the obligation pertaining to non-discrimination, providing care and accommodation arrangements and respect for the child views. Although being soft law, the General Comment as discussed in chapter two cannot be simply ignored as it is a vital tool used by treaty bodies to further explain or give flesh to rights provided in a UN Convention. Included in these obligations are also procedural needs and general and special protection needs. Chapter two also established that pertinent to the issue of refugee protection is the issue of burden sharing which entails that a State that faces difficulties in refugee protection issues can appeal for help from other States. Zimbabwe needs to cooperate with other States such as South Africa which hosts most refugees in Africa, if the rights of UARC are to be fully realised. Such cooperation can range from assisting children to trace their families, reunification and the issuing of identity documents. The government though has and continues to engage with non-governmental organisations to ensure that it fulfils its obligations. It is also established that the UNHCR plays a very significant role in refugee protection and is the central agency for refugee protection. It has published various executive committee conclusions on UARC emphasising the need for cooperation between States in protection issues.⁴⁶² In chapter three, the study examined Zimbabwe’s legislation that protects unaccompanied refugee children and Zimbabwe’s encampment policies, concluding that there are still gaps in the law that protects UARC and asylum seekers. By and large, the Children’s Act of Zimbabwe conforms with international treaties. In particular, it declares that the best interest of the child shall be paramount in matters concerning them; however, it is largely silent on children’s right to participation.⁴⁶³ Reference to UARC in the Children’s Act can be inferred from the reference made to children in need of care. As highlighted in chapter 3 above, this provision is highly inadequate and in need of amendment. The Refugees Act of Zimbabwe, as discussed in chapter three, clearly falls short in addressing the specific needs of children by not providing a specific section that relates to children. It, further, omits to take into account the fact that children in some instances become refugees as a result of socio economic factors such as poverty amongst others. The definition of a refugee in the Act does not accommodate children since it is basically a duplication of the 1951 Convention and the OAU Conventions’ definitions which do not cater for children as discussed in chapter 2 above. The Constitution of Zimbabwe is very significant in that it provides for rights exclusively applying to children over and above those provided to everyone resident in Zimbabwe.⁴⁶⁴ The State is obliged to adopt policies and measures to fulfil these rights, however, subject to the limitation of available resources. The limitation, however, has not been subjected to progressive realisation, which implies that the State is not committed to the immediate and tangible progress towards realising children’s socio economic rights.⁴⁶⁵ The CESCR has reiterated that progressive realisation implies a specific and continuing obligation on states to, as much as possible, be expeditious and effective in working towards the full realisation of the rights.⁴⁶⁶ Implementation of these laws is also still a problem in Zimbabwe. The current economic problems in Zimbabwe, in which the State is failing to cater for its own people, hinders the State from fully fulfilling its obligations towards UARC. Thus, although the government has in place a social and legislative mechanism aimed at promoting the rights of children, it has not been able to fulfil its obligations in full because its duty has been limited to the State’s available resources. This study, therefore, makes the submission that NGO support and international cooperation is highly necessary for the realisation of refugee children’s rights in Zimbabwe. The study also established that there is need for proper accommodation, adequate food and quality education for UARC at the Tongogara refugee camp in Zimbabwe.

5 ABSTRACT The rules governing the protection of children in armed conflicts has undergone an extensive evolution over the last few years. From the beginning of 20th century when the first international instruments for acknowledging children as a specific group requiring better attention and a special approach started to form, through the boom in the 1980 when the binding Convention on the rights of the child was dedicated solely to children and children's protection became the key question for many international participants, till the 21th century where the protection of children began to be oriented towards the balance between accepted obligations and their realization. Today, many international documents deal with the protection of children; however, their implementation and realization is often lacking. Armed conflicts are no longer of a traditional international character today and the norms, which dealt with relations between states, are no longer valid and need to be reassessed. Mixed and internal armed conflicts prevail and the attention is focused on civilian children included as an easy targets. In this kind of situation, children are particularly vulnerable for various reasons. First, many children live in a large-scale poverty and any kind of participation in an armed conflict allows them to...

The thesis discusses deadlines for decisions issuing in proceedings on international protection, especially within the frame of procedure for granting of international protection status. This analysis compares current legal situation with the situation before the amendment to the Asylum Act by the Act No. 314/2015 Coll., effective from December 18th, 2015, which reflects jurisprudence, literature and administrative practice in the field. It further elaborates interpretation of certain vague legal concepts which manage the international protection of vital importance, such as "reasonable period", "without undue delay", "factual and legal complexity." The study discusses -from the applicant's perspective - means of the protection against inactivity and compares their efficiency. The thesis aims to monitor and evaluate a common phenomenon of the administrative practice, the failure to meet deadlines, altogether with extension of the deadline in the application proceedings due to the exceptional circumstances, which has become the standard procedure rather than an exception. My goal is also to raise a question whether the fundamental rights of the applicants for the international protection (who are considered to be vulnerable individuals in a difficult life situation), guaranteed by the Charter and...

A presente tese tem como objeto de estudo o direito internacional dos direitos humanos, trazendo como proposição a apresentação de uma nova concepção sobre a soberania. A justificativa que levou à escolha do tema e desenvolvimento do texto aflorou da verificação de diversas teorias emergentes na tentativa de melhor conceber o exercício contemporâneo da soberania estatal, diante da cada vez mais indispensável proteção dos direitos humanos no plano internacional. Esta constatação instigou o aprofundamento do assunto no sentido de contribuir para com o rompimento do dogma da soberania aliada à característica da supremacia, definição persistente que tem justificado a inefetividade do direito internacional dos direitos humanos. A pretensão foi buscar subsídios para a construção de um novo conceito de soberania estatal redesenhado a partir do paradigma da revitalização da soberania em decorrência da efetivação da proteção internacional dos direitos humanos. O texto demonstra que a tensão existente entre a efetivação concreta dos direitos humanos na esfera internacional e a suposta barreira da soberania estatal emerge da tentativa de se explicar institutos jurídicos novos com fundamentos principiológicos tradicionais que, se ao seu tempo tiveram seu valor, já não conseguem dar as respostas que as relações sociais contemporâneos, muito mais complexas, exigem. O desenvolvimento da investigação, desde seu início, norteia-se pela prévia acepção de que a soberania, fundada no princípio da igualdade soberana de todos seus membros, continua a ser identificada e exercida como poder supremo que qualifica determinado Estado diante dos demais. Entretanto, com a instituição do direito internacional dos direitos humanos, o ser humano adquiriu a condição de sujeito de direitos, não apenas nos limites territoriais de seu Estado, mas frente a toda a comunidade internacional, e, desse modo, os Estados não mais podem justificar a violação de direitos humanos em seu espaço interno sob o argumento do exercício da soberania. O indivíduo, enquanto sujeito de direitos no âmbito da ordem jurídica internacional, recebe a garantia de proteção do direito internacional público, que não conhece delimitação territorial. Nesse pensar, não se trata de uma limitação do poder soberano do Estado, mas da inserção da proteção dos direitos humanos como característica do conceito de soberania. O descortino do tema leva à constatação de que os conceitos de soberania e de direitos humanos não são antagônicos, antes disso, são fundamentos que se apresentam necessariamente interligados. Ao se enfatizar que o Estado é soberano e não há como admitir a perda de soberania sem a perda de sua identidade, ou seja, a destruição do próprio ente estatal, deseja-se inferir que a proteção da dignidade humana é função do Estado soberano traduzida no bem-estar de seus cidadãos. A violação de direitos humanos pelo Estado implica, desse modo, em afronta ao poder soberano, que não está acima da lei. É o direito internacional dos direitos humanos que assegura essas garantias fundamentais dos indivíduos. Ao final, o texto resultou estruturado em duas partes: a primeira trata do Estado soberano perante o direito internacional e dos fundamentos do processo de internacionalização dos direitos humanos; a segunda aborda o processo de internacionalização dos direitos humanos e enfrenta a questão da relativização da soberania face à efetivação da proteção internacional dos direitos humanos. / The purpose of this theses is the study of international law of human rights, proposing the presentation of a new conception of sovereignty. The justification that led to the choice of the subject and development of the text arose from the study of several theories originated from the attempt of better conceiving the contemporaneous exercise of the state sovereignty, in face of the increasingly indispensable protection to the human rights in the international sphere. This verification instigated the deepening of the subject as a contribution for the breaking of the sovereignty dogma allied to the characteristic of supremacy, a persistent definition which has justified the ineffectiveness of the international law of human rights. The intension was to seek subsidies to build a new concept of state sovereignty redrawn from the paradigm of sovereignty revitalization as result of the effectiveness of the international law of human rights protection. The text demonstrates that the tension existing between the concrete effectiveness of human rights in the international sphere and the presumed barrier of the state sovereignty arises from the attempt to explain new legal institutes grounded on traditional logical principles which, at their time were valuable, but can not supply the answers required by the much more complex contemporaneous social relations. The investigation development, from its beginning, is grounded on the previous acceptance that sovereignty, based on the sovereign equality principle of all its members, continuous to be identified and exercised as supreme power which qualifies a certain Estate before the others. However, with the institution of the international law of human rights, the human being has acquired the condition of subject of rights, not only in his Estate territorial limits, but before the whole international community, and thus, the Estates may not justify the violation of the human rights in their internal space, under the argument of the exercise of sovereignty. The individual, as subject of rights in the ambit of the international legal systems, receives the guarantee of protection of the public international law, which is not submitted to territorial delimitation. In the same point of view, it is not a matter of limitation of the Estate sovereign power, but of the insertion of human rights protection as characteristic of the sovereignty concept. The exposition of the theme leads to the verification that the sovereignty and human rights concepts are not antagonist on the contrary they are basis which present themselves necessarily interconnected. When we emphasize that the Estate is sovereign there is no way to admit the loss of sovereignty without the loss of its identity, that is, the destruction of the own state entity, we intend to infer the human dignity protection is the sovereign Estate function translated into their citizens welfare. The human rights violation by the Estate implies, therefore, in affront to the sovereign power, which is not above the law. It is the international law of human rights that ensures these individuals\'s fundamental guarantees. Finally, the text resulted structured in two parts: The first deals with the sovereign Estate before international law and the basis of the internationalization process of human rights; the second approaches the internationalization process of human rights and faces the issue of sovereignty relativity in face of the effectiveness of the international protection of the human rights.

O direito internacional dos refugiados constitui um dos mais importantes mecanismos de proteção internacional do indivíduo, sendo objeto de Convenção com alto número de ratificações e de legislação nacional ainda mais protetiva. Não obstante o amplo acervo normativo disponível, desenvolvido para lidar com os desafios impostos pelos frequentes fluxos migracionais que marcaram a primeira metade do século XX, fenômenos recentes tornaram evidente a necessidade de revisão, ainda que parcial, de sua estrutura. Políticas de controle de fronteiras adotadas na Europa levaram ao incremento do fluxo de refugiados entre Estados do Sul. Paralelamente, a transferência de parte do controle para fora das águas territoriais europeias fenômeno observado também no sudeste asiático põe o direito internacional dos refugiados em confronto com a regulamentação do direito do mar. Enquanto isto, o Brasil, por não possuir histórico recente relevante de recebimento de migrantes, enfrenta grande dificuldade para garantir até mesmo o reconhecimento da condição de refugiado. Neste contexto, é imprescindível o enfrentamento de tais problemas, compatibilizando o instituto do refúgio com as necessidades das primeiras décadas do século XXI. / The international refugee law is one of the most important mechanisms of international protection of the individual, being object of a Convention with a high number of ratifications and of even more protective national legislation. Notwithstanding all the existing legal norms, which were developed to deal with the challenges posed by the frequent emigrational flows that marked the first half of the twentieth century, recent phenomena have made the need of at least partial - revision evident. Border control policies adopted in Europe led to an increasing flow of refugees between southern states. At the same time, the transfer of some European border control activities to the high seas - phenomenon also observed in Southeast Asia led to a collision between the international refugee law and the law of the sea. Meanwhile, Brazil, which had no relevant recent history of receiving migrants, faces great difficulty in ensuring even the recognition of refugee status. In this context, it is essential to face these problems, adapting the refuge to the needs of the first decades of the twenty-first century.

As a country that is highly affected by the changing nature of international migration due to transformative forces of globalization, Turkey is now being defined as a country of both immigration and emigration. This thesis analyzes Turkish state&rsquo / s international migration politics and policies with regard to recent global trends in migratory movements. It examines the underlying dynamics that govern the policy making processes and tries to identify the problems stemming from them. The primary goal of the thesis is to make an elaborate assessment of the existent institutional framework and to detect the presence of securitization paradigm in the political and legal setting of international migration in Turkey by means of qualitative research methods. It investigates how international pressures and trends, national interests, political considerations and especially the dynamics of fragmented institutional structure have affected policy making strategies. In view of these factors, the thesis suggests adopting a humanitarian approach towards refugees, asylum seekers and migrants that leaves political concerns behind and avoids securitization of the issue.

O direito internacional dos refugiados constitui um dos mais importantes mecanismos de proteção internacional do indivíduo, sendo objeto de Convenção com alto número de ratificações e de legislação nacional ainda mais protetiva. Não obstante o amplo acervo normativo disponível, desenvolvido para lidar com os desafios impostos pelos frequentes fluxos migracionais que marcaram a primeira metade do século XX, fenômenos recentes tornaram evidente a necessidade de revisão, ainda que parcial, de sua estrutura. Políticas de controle de fronteiras adotadas na Europa levaram ao incremento do fluxo de refugiados entre Estados do Sul. Paralelamente, a transferência de parte do controle para fora das águas territoriais europeias fenômeno observado também no sudeste asiático põe o direito internacional dos refugiados em confronto com a regulamentação do direito do mar. Enquanto isto, o Brasil, por não possuir histórico recente relevante de recebimento de migrantes, enfrenta grande dificuldade para garantir até mesmo o reconhecimento da condição de refugiado. Neste contexto, é imprescindível o enfrentamento de tais problemas, compatibilizando o instituto do refúgio com as necessidades das primeiras décadas do século XXI. / The international refugee law is one of the most important mechanisms of international protection of the individual, being object of a Convention with a high number of ratifications and of even more protective national legislation. Notwithstanding all the existing legal norms, which were developed to deal with the challenges posed by the frequent emigrational flows that marked the first half of the twentieth century, recent phenomena have made the need of at least partial - revision evident. Border control policies adopted in Europe led to an increasing flow of refugees between southern states. At the same time, the transfer of some European border control activities to the high seas - phenomenon also observed in Southeast Asia led to a collision between the international refugee law and the law of the sea. Meanwhile, Brazil, which had no relevant recent history of receiving migrants, faces great difficulty in ensuring even the recognition of refugee status. In this context, it is essential to face these problems, adapting the refuge to the needs of the first decades of the twenty-first century.

A presente tese tem como objeto de estudo o direito internacional dos direitos humanos, trazendo como proposição a apresentação de uma nova concepção sobre a soberania. A justificativa que levou à escolha do tema e desenvolvimento do texto aflorou da verificação de diversas teorias emergentes na tentativa de melhor conceber o exercício contemporâneo da soberania estatal, diante da cada vez mais indispensável proteção dos direitos humanos no plano internacional. Esta constatação instigou o aprofundamento do assunto no sentido de contribuir para com o rompimento do dogma da soberania aliada à característica da supremacia, definição persistente que tem justificado a inefetividade do direito internacional dos direitos humanos. A pretensão foi buscar subsídios para a construção de um novo conceito de soberania estatal redesenhado a partir do paradigma da revitalização da soberania em decorrência da efetivação da proteção internacional dos direitos humanos. O texto demonstra que a tensão existente entre a efetivação concreta dos direitos humanos na esfera internacional e a suposta barreira da soberania estatal emerge da tentativa de se explicar institutos jurídicos novos com fundamentos principiológicos tradicionais que, se ao seu tempo tiveram seu valor, já não conseguem dar as respostas que as relações sociais contemporâneos, muito mais complexas, exigem. O desenvolvimento da investigação, desde seu início, norteia-se pela prévia acepção de que a soberania, fundada no princípio da igualdade soberana de todos seus membros, continua a ser identificada e exercida como poder supremo que qualifica determinado Estado diante dos demais. Entretanto, com a instituição do direito internacional dos direitos humanos, o ser humano adquiriu a condição de sujeito de direitos, não apenas nos limites territoriais de seu Estado, mas frente a toda a comunidade internacional, e, desse modo, os Estados não mais podem justificar a violação de direitos humanos em seu espaço interno sob o argumento do exercício da soberania. O indivíduo, enquanto sujeito de direitos no âmbito da ordem jurídica internacional, recebe a garantia de proteção do direito internacional público, que não conhece delimitação territorial. Nesse pensar, não se trata de uma limitação do poder soberano do Estado, mas da inserção da proteção dos direitos humanos como característica do conceito de soberania. O descortino do tema leva à constatação de que os conceitos de soberania e de direitos humanos não são antagônicos, antes disso, são fundamentos que se apresentam necessariamente interligados. Ao se enfatizar que o Estado é soberano e não há como admitir a perda de soberania sem a perda de sua identidade, ou seja, a destruição do próprio ente estatal, deseja-se inferir que a proteção da dignidade humana é função do Estado soberano traduzida no bem-estar de seus cidadãos. A violação de direitos humanos pelo Estado implica, desse modo, em afronta ao poder soberano, que não está acima da lei. É o direito internacional dos direitos humanos que assegura essas garantias fundamentais dos indivíduos. Ao final, o texto resultou estruturado em duas partes: a primeira trata do Estado soberano perante o direito internacional e dos fundamentos do processo de internacionalização dos direitos humanos; a segunda aborda o processo de internacionalização dos direitos humanos e enfrenta a questão da relativização da soberania face à efetivação da proteção internacional dos direitos humanos. / The purpose of this theses is the study of international law of human rights, proposing the presentation of a new conception of sovereignty. The justification that led to the choice of the subject and development of the text arose from the study of several theories originated from the attempt of better conceiving the contemporaneous exercise of the state sovereignty, in face of the increasingly indispensable protection to the human rights in the international sphere. This verification instigated the deepening of the subject as a contribution for the breaking of the sovereignty dogma allied to the characteristic of supremacy, a persistent definition which has justified the ineffectiveness of the international law of human rights. The intension was to seek subsidies to build a new concept of state sovereignty redrawn from the paradigm of sovereignty revitalization as result of the effectiveness of the international law of human rights protection. The text demonstrates that the tension existing between the concrete effectiveness of human rights in the international sphere and the presumed barrier of the state sovereignty arises from the attempt to explain new legal institutes grounded on traditional logical principles which, at their time were valuable, but can not supply the answers required by the much more complex contemporaneous social relations. The investigation development, from its beginning, is grounded on the previous acceptance that sovereignty, based on the sovereign equality principle of all its members, continuous to be identified and exercised as supreme power which qualifies a certain Estate before the others. However, with the institution of the international law of human rights, the human being has acquired the condition of subject of rights, not only in his Estate territorial limits, but before the whole international community, and thus, the Estates may not justify the violation of the human rights in their internal space, under the argument of the exercise of sovereignty. The individual, as subject of rights in the ambit of the international legal systems, receives the guarantee of protection of the public international law, which is not submitted to territorial delimitation. In the same point of view, it is not a matter of limitation of the Estate sovereign power, but of the insertion of human rights protection as characteristic of the sovereignty concept. The exposition of the theme leads to the verification that the sovereignty and human rights concepts are not antagonist on the contrary they are basis which present themselves necessarily interconnected. When we emphasize that the Estate is sovereign there is no way to admit the loss of sovereignty without the loss of its identity, that is, the destruction of the own state entity, we intend to infer the human dignity protection is the sovereign Estate function translated into their citizens welfare. The human rights violation by the Estate implies, therefore, in affront to the sovereign power, which is not above the law. It is the international law of human rights that ensures these individuals\'s fundamental guarantees. Finally, the text resulted structured in two parts: The first deals with the sovereign Estate before international law and the basis of the internationalization process of human rights; the second approaches the internationalization process of human rights and faces the issue of sovereignty relativity in face of the effectiveness of the international protection of the human rights.

The thesis evaluates how effective the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU have been in promoting the human rights of vulnerable migrants. It thereby pursues two objectives. Firstly, it questions legal scholarship that has identified certain rulings of the two courts as vital for migrant rights but which have not analysed their impact empirically. Secondly, it makes a methodological contribution to the evaluation of the effectiveness of international courts by proposing (and applying) an 'issue-based' methodology which assesses judicial bodies for their ability to resolve specific social and political problem. For these purposes, eight carefully selected 'key cases' are analysed in terms of three effectiveness types, namely law development, case-specific, and strategic effectiveness. The empirical materials used include interviews with 28 persons who were directly or indirectly involved in the selected key cases. Legal and empirical analyses show varying and complex results for the different cases, with some general trends emerging. Firstly, the case law of the courts is characterised by a significant inconsistency, resulting in a 'dilemmatic adjudication' that diminishes the impact of even rights-affirming judgments. Secondly, the 'case-specific' impact on the persons or the countries concerned remains contingent as governments and domestic courts manage to contain the ruling. Lastly, lawyers and NGOs increasingly use the courts in a strategic way, which can elevate impact on policy. Yet, this will depend on the resources invested, raising the question whether such strategies are the most efficient way to promote migrant rights. / Doctorat en Sciences juridiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished