INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dublin Regulation, Noble Eightfold Path
20 Nov 2016
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Challenges to Humanitarianism
● 1: Responsibility Sharing
○ The 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees
■ Refugee: a person who has a well-founded fear of persecution for
reasons of race, nationality, religion, political opinion, or membership in a
social group
● Must be outside country of their nationality or…
● Be unable to avail themselves of the protection of that country
■ Non-refoulement: you cannot return refugees to their origin country
■ No European state is among the top ten refugee hosting countries
■ Problems with 1951 Convention
● Issues with status determination and categorization
● IDPs: internally displaced people
● Survival migrants: people who are not being persecuted for who
they are, but are in fear of their lives still
● Refugees “in orbit”: refugees who do not get in go back and file
another application
○ Dublin Convention of 1990 (reformed in 2003, 2008)
■ Country of first arrival is the country responsible for accepting or rejecting
asylum claim
■ Established camps, detention centers
■ Funding shortfalls
● 2: Access
○ Traditional notion of sovereignty: states are reluctant to intervene in another state
if they are not welcomed
■ Can result in a failure to protect citizens and thwart access
○ Response is militarized aid
■ Protects local civilians
■ Administer aid
■ Protect aid workers: very important
○ Proposals to solve access problems
■ Humanitarian Corridors: aid can help perpetuate conflict
● Often a bad idea
● Can lead to more victims
● UN prefers ceasefires to deliver aid instead of corridors
Solutions to Humanitarianism
● Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
○ 3 Pillars:
■ State have a R2P their citizens
■ IGOs should help states protect their citizens
■ If both states and IGOs fail, the international community has a R2P
citizens
○ When to invoke R2P
■ Just cause: is it serious enough
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Document Summary
The 1951 convention on the status of refugees. Refugee: a person who has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, nationality, religion, political opinion, or membership in a social group. Must be outside country of their nationality or . Be unable to avail themselves of the protection of that country. Non-refoulement: you cannot return refugees to their origin country. No european state is among the top ten refugee hosting countries. Survival migrants: people who are not being persecuted for who they are, but are in fear of their lives still. Refugees in orbit : refugees who do not get in go back and file another application. Dublin convention of 1990 (reformed in 2003, 2008) Country of first arrival is the country responsible for accepting or rejecting asylum claim. Traditional notion of sovereignty: states are reluctant to intervene in another state if they are not welcomed. Can result in a failure to protect citizens and thwart access.
