j. Cessation of Refugee Status

  Main Debates What Should be the Standard of Proof to Show a Change of Circumstances? Who Carries the Burden?   Main Points Gaining or Re-gaining National Protection Changed Circumstances Risk of Short-Term Trips to Homeland   Soft Law UNHCR, 'Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees', HCR/IP/4/Rev.1, 1979, paras. 118-139. UNHCR EXCOM, 'Cessation of Status', Conclusion No. 69 (XLIII), 1992.   UNHCR Documents UNHCR, 'The Cessation Clauses: Guidelines on their application', 1999. UNHCR, 'Discussion Note on the Application of the "Ceased Circumstances" Cessation Clauses in the 1951 Convention',  UN Doc. EC/SCP/1992/CRP.1, 20 Dec. 1991. UNHCR, 'Note on Cessation Clauses', UN Doc. EC/47/SC/CRP.30, 30 May 1997. UNHCR, ‘Guidelines on International Protection: Cessation of Refugee Status under Article 1C(5) and (6) of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the "Ceased Circumstances" Clauses), 2003.     Readings Core J. Fitzpatrick and R. Bonoan, ‘Cessation of Refugee Protection’, in E. Feller, V. Türk, and F. Nicholson (eds), Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR’s Global Consultations on International Protection (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 491–544.G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 139–142. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 84–87].J. Hathaway, ‘The Right of States to Repatriate Former Refugees’, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, vol. 20 (2005), p. 175.J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), pp.191–205, 209–211.UNHCR, ‘Summary Conclusions: Cessation of Refugee Status, Expert Roundtable, Lisbon’, May 2001.

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Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context


Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection


Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection


Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law




j. Cessation of Refugee Status

 

Main Debates

What Should be the Standard of Proof to Show a Change of Circumstances?

Who Carries the Burden?

 

Main Points

Gaining or Re-gaining National Protection

Changed Circumstances

Risk of Short-Term Trips to Homeland

 

Soft Law

UNHCR, 'Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees', HCR/IP/4/Rev.1, 1979, paras. 118-139.

UNHCR EXCOM, 'Cessation of Status', Conclusion No. 69 (XLIII), 1992.

 

UNHCR Documents

UNHCR, 'The Cessation Clauses: Guidelines on their application', 1999.

UNHCR, 'Discussion Note on the Application of the "Ceased Circumstances" Cessation Clauses in the 1951 Convention',  UN Doc. EC/SCP/1992/CRP.1, 20 Dec. 1991.

UNHCR, 'Note on Cessation Clauses', UN Doc. EC/47/SC/CRP.30, 30 May 1997.

UNHCR, ‘Guidelines on International Protection: Cessation of Refugee Status under Article 1C(5) and (6) of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the "Ceased Circumstances" Clauses), 2003.

 

 

Readings

Core

J. Fitzpatrick and R. Bonoan, ‘Cessation of Refugee Protection’, in E. Feller, V. Türk, and F. Nicholson (eds), Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR’s Global Consultations on International Protection (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 491–544.

G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 139–142. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 84–87].

J. Hathaway, ‘The Right of States to Repatriate Former Refugees’, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, vol. 20 (2005), p. 175.

J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), pp.191–205, 209–211.

UNHCR, ‘Summary Conclusions: Cessation of Refugee Status, Expert Roundtable, Lisbon’, May 2001.



Soft Law

Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status

UNHCR, 'Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees', HCR/IP/4/Rev.1, 1979, paras. 118-139.

Cessation of Status

UNHCR EXCOM, 'Cessation of Status', Conclusion No. 69 (XLIII), 1992.

UNHCR Documents

The Cessation Clauses: Guidelines on their application

UNHCR, 'The Cessation Clauses: Guidelines on their application', 1999.

Discussion Note on the Application of the "Ceased Circumstances" Cessation Clauses in the 1951 Convention

UNHCR, 'Discussion Note on the Application of the "Ceased Circumstances" Cessation Clauses in the 1951 Convention', UN Doc. EC/SCP/1992/CRP.1, 20 Dec 1991.

Note on Cessation Clauses

UNHCR, 'Note on Cessation Clauses', UN Doc. EC/47/SC/CRP.30, 30 May 1997.

Guidelines on International Protection: Cessation of Refugee Status under Article 1C(5) and (6) of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

UNHCR, ‘Guidelines on International Protection: Cessation of Refugee Status under Article 1C(5) and (6) of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (the "Ceased Circumstances" Clauses), 2003.

Readings

Core

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Cessation of Refugee Protection

J. Fitzpatrick and R. Bonoan, ‘Cessation of Refugee Protection’, in E. Feller, V. Türk, and F. Nicholson (eds), Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR’s Global Consultations on International Protection (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 491–544.
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The Refugee in International Law

G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 139–142. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 84–87].
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The Right of States to Repatriate Former Refugees

J. Hathaway, ‘The Right of States to Repatriate Former Refugees’, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, vol. 20 (2005), p. 175.

The Law of Refugee Status

J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), pp.191–205.

The Law of Refugee Status

J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), pp. 209�211.

Summary Conclusions on Cessation of Refugee Status

UNHCR, ‘Summary Conclusions: Cessation of Refugee Status, Expert Roundtable, Lisbon’, May 2001.