Sentences with phrase «refugees under international law»

It also argues that the cuts fail to comply with Canada's obligations to protect the rights of refugees under international law.

Based on the facts as you present them, it seems that you will qualify as a refugee under international law (because you have «a well - founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion»).

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Within this perspective, Paul Weis describes refugees as «a vessel on the open sea, not sailing under any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and punder any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and punder a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and pUnder these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and peace.

A legal challenge is being filed at the Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under international law.

If it formulated its ruling in such a way as to highlight the exceptionality of the circumstances that would force Member States to apply Article 25 (1) of the Visa Code to issue LTVs despite the fact that there might be reasons to refuse a visa according to Article 32 of the Visa Code, the EU would honor its obligations under international and European refugee and human rights law, without endangering the functioning of the CEAS.

A legal challenge has been launched in the Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under international law.

It will have no impact on Canada's ability to deny refugee status to those who have actually been involved in serious international crimes or on Canada's ability to prosecute them under criminal law.

The Secretary believes that this exemption is warranted because application of the rule could have the unintended effect of impeding or frustrating the conduct of such activities, such as interfering with the ability of military command authorities to obtain protected health information on prisoners of war, refugees, or detainees for whom they are responsible under international law.