Sentences with phrase «principles of asylum»

The decision is a victory for refugee protection and international criminal responsibility as well as for Canadian principles of asylum, criminal law, and fundamental justice.

A crisis that is bringing into question not only the principles of asylum and of free movement within the European Union but Europe's very idea of itself as a space of liberal values, freedom, moral equality and human rights.

Even if it were, it is debatable whether Assange's situation warrants application of the principle of asylum, the purpose of which is to protect an individual from persecution or torture if he is sent back to his country of origin.

Opinion polling shows that British voters backed the principle of asylum even before the current crisis — in a May poll by YouGov supporters outnumbered opponents by a margin of two to one.

Acknowledging the long - standing traditions of hospitality and humanitarianism in Islam, including the principle of asylum («aman»),

Not exact matches

The Trudeau government has been looking for solutions to the challenge of northbound asylum seekers, but condoning this particular idea would be a grotesque way of accomplishing that for any country that respects international law and the principle of refugee protection.

Thornton goes on to say, «In the sermon of 1750 Jonathan Mayhew declared the Christian principles of government in the faith of which Washington, ordained by God, won liberty for America, not less for England, and ultimately for the world.3 And quite self - consciously, Thornton tied in the American Revolution with the earlier English Puritan Revolution when he stated, «The name of Hugh Peter reminds us that New England shared in English Revolution of 1640; sent preachers and soldiers, aid and comfort to Cromwell; gave an asylum to the tyrannicides, Whalley, Goffe, and Dixwell; reaffirmed the same maxims of liberty in the Revolution of 1688, and stood right on the record for the third revolution of 1776.

Applying Firth's guiding principle to study of UK press portrayal of migrant groups reveals that, in the case of immigrants and asylum seekers, their company is relatively negative.

He also rightly pointed out that the principle of «diplomatic asylum», while recognized by Latin American states in a treaty from the 1950s, is not established as a general principle of international law.

They also called for «a new and fair Common European Asylum System based on the effective respect of the principles of responsibility and solidarity, especially towards frontline member states».

On criminal justice and asylum, the Lib Dems give a different weight to rights and responsibilities, and they favour more proportional voting systems, although with Labour's support for a referendum on the alternative vote this is now a debate about the nature rather than the principle of reform.

«And in the history of psychiatry, these were the principles on which asylums were originally built.»

, in combination with the principles of human dignity and most favourable treatment imposes a responsibility in certain circumstances on States not to apply the cessation clause to refugees and asylum - seekers, whose home country is not safe for them to return.

Like many Western countries, South Africa has adopted an urban asylum policy, which is based on the temporary protection of refugees.1 To that end, refugees and asylum - seekers are treated as «temporary residents,» a legal position that implicitly subjects them to restrictive immigration principles, namely exclusivity and self - sufficiency.2 Such treatment is inimical to the purpose and principles of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugees in Africa.

She gave five reasons in particular why the scope of the exclusion clause should not be limited to the offenses outlined in Article 1 FDCT: firstly the wording refers to acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN and is not limited to terrorist offenses; secondly, such an interpretation would be at odds with the Geneva Convention in light of which the Qualification Directive should be interpreted; thirdly, the Qualification Directive as an instrument of asylum and humanitarian law and the FDCT are qualitatively different and derive from different areas of law; fourthly, it would unduly restrict the application of the exclusion clause and finally, fifthly, the fact that the FDCT is an instrument of variable geometry with varying application across the Union would lead to problems if it were used as criteria in defining terms for the purposes of the application of the Qualification Directive.

In the recent case N. S. (Case C - 411 / 10 N. S. v Secretary of State for the Home Department et M. E. and Others), concerning transfers of a asylum seekers to Greece, the Court made a caveat to that principle.

Human rights principles are, of course, designed to ensure that Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, refugees, asylum - seekers and new migrants, people with disability or mental illness, women, the elderly, young people, people of faith, gay men and lesbians, people experiencing homelessness, detainees and prisoners, people living in remote and rural areas and, indeed, all who suffer disadvantage have their inherent dignity respected and do not experience discrimination.