II.1.3 Non-discrimination

Main Debate

Does the principle of non-discrimination forbid all differential or preferential treatment?

Main Points

  • Non-discrimination and the enjoyment of refugee rights
  • Non-discrimination as a norm of customary international law

Treaties

  1. UNHCR, Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 U.N.T.S. 150, Art. 3.
  2. OHCHR, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 18 December 1979, 1249 U.N.T.S. 513.
  3. United Nations, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 7 March 1966, 660 U.N.T.S. 195.
  4. OHCHR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, 999 U.N.T.S. 171, Art. 26.
  5. OHCHR, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3.
  6. OHCHR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, 999 U.N.T.S. 171.
  7. OHCHR, Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 4 October 1967, 606 U.N.T.S. 267.

Readings

Core

  1. G. Goodwin-Gill and J. McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 446–450. [G. Goodwin-Gill, The Refugee in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 230–234].

Extended

  1. A. Edwards, ’Age and gender dimensions in international refugee law’, in Feller, Türk and Nicholson, Refugee Protection in International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 46-80.
  2. T. Einarsen, ‘Discrimination and Consequences for the Position of Aliens’, Nordic Journal of International Law, vol. 64, no. 3 (1995), pp. 429–452.
  3. J. Hathaway, The Rights of Refugees under International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2005), pp. 123–147.
  4. M. Nowak, U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. CCPR Commentary (Kehl, Strasbourg, Arlington: N.P. Engel, 2. Edition, 2005), pp. 45–57, 597-634.

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2International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, 999 U.N.T.S. 171.International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, 999 U.N.T.S. 171.Empty
3Convention Relating to the Status of RefugeesConvention Relating to the Status of RefugeesEmpty
4Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3. Empty
5Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial DiscriminationEmpty
6Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenEmpty