This thesis focuses on political persecution as a reason for which international protection is granted. Firstly, it discusses what role persecution on political grounds has played in the past, and how the entitled person is provided with protection as a result. The following chapter assesses the way political persecution is included in the relevant international law norms, as well as European law norms, which are an important source of the legal regulation of granting international protection in the European Union. As an example of how Member States respect both international and European commitments in their national legislation, the thesis reveals the laws and regulations made applicable in the Czech Republic. The crux of this thesis centres around the interpretation of different terms which are crucial for granting international protection on political grounds. This is the imperative, determining factor of the decision-making process in individual cases. Chapter 4 compares the legal regulation of political persecution in two regional legal subsystems, European and Inter-American, and incorporating international and regional commitments in the national legislation on the American continent is demonstrated on the relevant US laws. Furthermore, the thesis deals with the question of whether...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:361837 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Sirotová, Dominika |
| Contributors | Honusková, Věra, Tymofeyeva, Alla |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Slovak |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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