Refugee Rights in Canada and the 1951 Geneva Convention
10 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2010
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.
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Keywords: Canada, refugees, social protection, interpretation, categories
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