International Law

Reference List

Migration-Related Detention and International Law

Alphabetical Listing

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  • African [ Banjul ] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights . 1981. Organisation of African Unity. Adopted June 27, 1981, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5, 21 I.L.M. 58 (1982), entered into force Oct. 21, 1986: [excerpts]. University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/z1afchar.htm (accessed 24 October 2008).
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  • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. 1991-2007. Final Communiqués and other Documentation of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Sessions 1991-2007) . University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/communiques.html (accessed 14 April 2008).
  • American Convention on Human Rights. 1969. Organisation of American States (OAS). O.A.S. Treaty Series No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123. E ntered into force July 18, 1978. R eprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System . OEA/Ser.L.V/II.82 doc.6 rev.1 at 25 (1992). University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas3con.htm (accessed 24 October 2008).
  • American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man. 1948. Organisation of American States (OAS). Res. XXX, adopted by the Ninth International Conference of American States (1948). R eprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System. OEA/Ser.L.V/II.82 doc.6 rev.1 at 17 (1992). University of Minnesota Human Rights Library , http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas2dec.htm (accessed 24 October 2008).
  • Amnesty International. 2007. Migration-Related Detention: A research guide on human rights standards relevant to the detention of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees. Amnesty International. November 2007. www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/POL33/005/2007 (accessed 11 April 2008).
  • Amnesty International. 2008a. “ United Kingdom : detention of asylum-seekers must be the exception, not the rule.” Amnesty International . AI EUR 45/002/2008 (Public). January 2008. www.amnestyusa.org/document.php (accessed 3 April 2008).
  • Amnesty International. 2008b. EU return directive affects dignity and security of irregular migrants. Amnesty International. 4 July 2008. http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/EU-return-directive-affects-dignity-security-irregular-migrants-20080704 (accessed August 1, 2008).
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  • Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. 1988. UN General Assembly. Adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173. 9 December 1988. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_comp36.htm (accessed 21 October 2008).
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  • Cartagena Declaration on Refugees. 1984. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 22 November 1984 in Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS Doc. OEA/Ser.L/V/II.66/doc.10, rev. 1, at 190-93 (1984-85). http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/cartagena1984.html (accessed 24 October 2008).
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  • Chahal v. the United Kingdom . 1996. European Court of Human Rights. Judgment of 15 November 1996. Reports 1996-V. cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/search.asp (accessed 15 April 2008).
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  • Cholewinski, Ryszard. 2005. “Protecting Migrant Workers in a Globalized World.” Migration Policy Institute. March 2005.
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  • Committee Against Torture. 2007a. Concluding Observations: Japan . UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CAT/C/JPN/CO/1, 3 August 2007. tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx (accessed 15 April 2008).
  • Committee Against Torture. 2007b. Concluding Observations: Ukraine . UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CAT/C/UKR/CO/5. 3 August 2007. tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx (accessed 15 April 2008).
  • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. 2006. Concluding Comments: Malaysia . UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CEDAW/C/MYS/CO/2. 31 May 2006. tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx (accessed April 15, 2008).
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  • Committee on Migrant Workers. 2006. Concluding Observations: Mexico . UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CMW/C/MEX/CO/1. 20 December 2006. tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx (accessed 15 April 2008).
  • Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). 2005a. General Comment N° 6, The Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside their Country of Origin . UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. CRC/GC/2005/6. 1 September 2005. www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/comments.htm (accessed 15 April 2008).
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  • Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa . 1969. Organisation of African Unity. Adopted 1969. http://www.africa-union.org/Official_documents/Treaties_%20Conventions_%20Protocols/Refugee_Convention.pdf (accessed 24 October 2008).
  • Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No. 11. 1950. Council of Europe . Rome , 4.XI.1950. http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/EN/Treaties/html/005.htm (accessed 23 October 2008).
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  • Convention on the Rights of the Child. 1989. Committee on the Rights of the Child, UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Adopted by General Assembly resolution 44/25. 20 November 1989. E ntry into force 2 September 1990. http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm (accessed 20 October 2008)
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