II.2.2.2 Carrier sanctions

Readings

Core

  1. G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law, 3rd edn, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 377–380. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 191–194.]

Cases

  1. Regina v. Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and Another, Ex parte European Roma Rights Centre and Others, [2004] UKHL 55, United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee), 9 December 2004; and, European Roma Rights Centre and Others v. the Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, [2003] EWCA Civ 666, United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales), 20 May 2003 (Roma rights cases). (UK judicial decisionstating that non-refoulement obligations of a State under 1951 Refugee Convention begin from the moment when an asylum-seeker is present at the terrirory of the state or at its borders. The case also provides an analysis of lawfulness of imposing sanctions on carriers in accordance with State’s obligations under 1951 Refugee Convention.)

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