Asylum and the European Convention on Human Rights
By: Nuala Mole and Catherine Meredith
Contributors: Council of Europe
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Human rights files -- no. 9 [rev. 2]
Publisher: Council of Europe Pubishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9789287168191; 9789287168184
Subjects: Right of Asylum; Political refugees; Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Description: Political upheavals, economic reforms, social instability and civil war have all been factors contributing to changes in the mixed flows of migrants both to and within Europe. Many of those in need of international protection are forced to seek it in Europe and the new member states of the enlarged Council of Europe are now also experiencing the arrival of asylum seekers. This revised edition considers the substantial body of case law of the European Court of Human Rights which has examined the compatibility of the Convention with measures taken by states in relation to all aspects of the asylum process. It also observes the role of subsidiary protection offered by the Strasbourg organs in protecting those at risk of prohibited treatment. In addition, the study considers the increasingly relevant provisions of EU law developments in the field, as well as measures taken in the context of terrorist threats & ndash; both of which have had a significant impact on the practical circumstances and law on refugees and asylum seekers. --back cover.
Notes: "This revised edition considers the substantial body of case law of the European Court of Human Rights which has examined the compatibility of the Convention with measures taken by states in relation to all aspects of the asylum process"--Back cover.

Also published in French under title: Le droit d'asile et la Convention européenne des Droits de l'Homme.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The role of the European Convention on Human Rights in protection from expulsion to face human rights abuses; title: The role of the European Convention on Human Rights in situations not involving protection from expulsion; title: The subsidiary protection of the European Court of Human Rights.