Regional Approaches to the Protection of Asylum Seekers: An International Legal Perspective

This book presents a comprehensive assessment of regional responses to the crisis in the asylum/refugee system and critically examines how different regions tackle the problem. The chapters consider the fundamental challenges which undermine an effective asylum process as well as regional difficulties with the various circumstances surrounding asylum seekers. With contributions on Africa, Europe, Latin America, South Asia and the Middle East, and the Pacific, the collection strives to appreciate what informs each region's approach to the asylum process and asks if there are issues common to every region and if regions can learn from one another. The book seeks an understanding of the existing legal regime for the protection of asylum seekers and how regional institutions such as human rights commissions and regional courts enforce and adjudicate the law. The volume will be valuable to those interested in international law, migration and human rights.

Contents: Preface; Introduction - regional approaches to the protection of asylum seekers: an international legal perspective, Ademola Abass and Francesca Ippolito; The African Union legal framework for protecting asylum seekers, Ademola Abass and Dominique Mystris; The role of the African Human Rights System with reference to asylum seekers, Gino J. Naldi and Cristiano d'Orsi; Sub-regional frameworks for the protection of asylum seekers and refugees in Africa: bringing relief closer to trouble zones, Solomon T. Ebobrah; The African National Human Rights Institutions and the protection of asylum seekers: existing practices and opportunities through the optional protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture, Elina Steinerte; Establishing the common European asylum system: 'it's a long way to Tipperary', Francesca Ippolito; External aspects of EU asylum law and policy - 'new' ways to address 'old' woes, Samantha Velluti; The international protection of refugees and asylum seekers: the role of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Colin Harvey; 'The right to have rights': the European Convention on Human Rights and the procedural rights of asylum seekers, Gina Clayton; The protection of asylum seekers with particular reference to African women: the contribution to the contemporary jurisprudence, Rebecca Wallace; Fora and programmes for refugees in Latin America, Liliana Lyra Jubilut; Protection of asylum seekers under the Inter-American Human Rights System, David James Cantor and Stefania Barichello; ASEAN and the conceptualization of refugee protection in Southeastern Asian states, Susan Kneebone; The 1989 Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) and refugee policy in Southeast Asia: twenty years forward what has changed?, Sara E. Davies; The protection of asylum seekers in East Asian state parties to the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 Protocol, Kelley Loper; Conclusions: the future of the regional protection of asylum seekers, Ademola Abass and Francesca Ippolito; Index.