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HUMAN RIGHTS AND IMPROVING SAFETY OF REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

    1 Author(s):  ANAND SINGH SHEKHAWAT

Vol -  9, Issue- 3 ,         Page(s) : 399 - 407  (2018 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Human rights are associated to the basic rights and freedoms that are necessary for individual person. In which we have all human rights like life and independence, liberty of expression and parity before the law, social, cultural & economic rights and right to contribute in cultural activities etc. All these rights come under human rights. Human rights are ethical principles or norms that describe some of the standards of human behavior, and are frequently preserved as legal rights in international law. Many universal, regional and domestic human rights tools and procedures that can be employed to develop the safety of refugees and asylum seekers. The basic reason of international refugee law is to provide safety, promote and expand refugees, people like situations refugees and people outside their country of origin or in the case of displacement and migration. This article states that United Nations Human Rights Law and related equipment can play an significant role of refugees safety.

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12. Ibid. p.24.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 UNTS 137, as updated by the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 31 January 1967, 606 UNTS 267; these instruments are also reproduced in the Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status which is available from UNHCR Geneva. According to UNHCR’s RefWorld CD-ROM (7th ed., January 1999) there are presently 136 state parties to either the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol, and 43 state parties to the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.`
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20. Goodwin-Gill. On the basis of state and international organization practice, the above core of meaning represents the content of the term ‘refugee’ in general international law. Grey areas nevertheless remain [....]” op cit, at p 29.
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25. The High Commissioner for Refugees highlighted these particular activities in her address to the Commission on Human Rights in 1995.

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