LAW 323

Refugee Law

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

The interplay between refugee law and human rights law; the nature of persecution; the meaning of “torture”; gender-based claims; the claims of military deserters and conscientious objectors; internal flight alternative; the exclusion of human rights abusers and criminals from refugee protection; eligibility to make a refugee claim; assessing credibility of refugee claimants; proceedings before the Refugee Protection Division; Pre-Removal Risk Assessments; applications for judicial review; comparative approaches to refugee protection.

Undergraduate course in Law offered by the Faculty of Law.