State Sovereignty Versus Non-Refoulement Principle in Providing Refugees with Protection (Case Study: The Australian Government’s Policy Over Refugees)

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.130How to use a DOI?

Keywords

non-refoulement, sovereignty, refugees, human rights, protection

Abstract

This paper attempts to re-examine the meaning of state sovereignty in connection with non-refoulement principle. The article is focused on case study related to Australia’s Policy over refugee. The writer’s argument is based on the concept of jus cogens recognised in internasional law. In addition, the writer uses the doctrine of two-element theory to qualify the principle of non-refoulement as the norm of customary international law. This paper was based upon normative legal research, and secondary data related to the norms of international law, human rights and international refugees were collected to analyse the legal issue. The approach used in this paper is statutory approach. The results of the study show that the absolute and exclusive nature of the state sovereignty can no longer be maintained if it is related to the principle of non-refoulement.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Heribertus Untung Setyardi
AU  - I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi Handayani
AU  - Emmy Latifah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/20
TI  - State Sovereignty Versus Non-Refoulement Principle in Providing Refugees with Protection (Case Study: The Australian Government’s Policy Over Refugees)
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Law, Economics and Health (ICLEH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 687
EP  - 692
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.130
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.130
ID  - Setyardi2020
ER  -