Refugee Rights in Canada and the 1951 Geneva Convention

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François Crépeau

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Michael Barutciski

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: 1994

Abstract

This paper is divided into three sections. The first section examines Canada's record in complying with the guarantees provided in the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The focus is on three aspects that constitute the foundation of the social protection of refugees in the Canadian context: the right to work, the right to social assistance and the right to health protection.

The second section evaluates the coherence of the Convention's protection regime by examining certain interpretative difficulties regarding the different categories of refugees and the different guarantees accorded to each category.

The third section addresses recent efforts at reconceiving international refugee law by exploring the possibility of systematizing the temporary nature of international refugee protection in order to encourage host states to provide more extensive overall protection.

Note: Downloadable document is in French.

Keywords: Canada, refugees, social protection, interpretation, categories

Suggested Citation

Crépeau, François and Barutciski, Michael, Refugee Rights in Canada and the 1951 Geneva Convention (1994). Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2/3, pp. 239-248, 1994, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1581512

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