TY - JOUR
T1 - Human rights and protection of non-citizens
T2 - Whither universality and indivisibility of rights?
AU - Weissbrodt, David
AU - Meili, Stephen
PY - 2010/8/25
Y1 - 2010/8/25
N2 - This article explores the current status of the universality and indivisibility of the rights of non-citizens. It shows that non-citizens as human beings are entitled to fundamental human rights, but it also reviews the various categories of non-citizens, the rights extended to them via international agreements and domestic tribunals, and the many problems they encounter, despite these apparent protections. Many of the article's observations and insights are based on reports of international human rights bodies and thematic special rapporteurs who have investigated the plight of non-citizens in considerable detail. The article concludes with a series of recommendations for ways that individual States, as well as the entire global community, might better protect the rights and interests of non-citizens around the world, thus making those rights increasingly universal and indivisible.
AB - This article explores the current status of the universality and indivisibility of the rights of non-citizens. It shows that non-citizens as human beings are entitled to fundamental human rights, but it also reviews the various categories of non-citizens, the rights extended to them via international agreements and domestic tribunals, and the many problems they encounter, despite these apparent protections. Many of the article's observations and insights are based on reports of international human rights bodies and thematic special rapporteurs who have investigated the plight of non-citizens in considerable detail. The article concludes with a series of recommendations for ways that individual States, as well as the entire global community, might better protect the rights and interests of non-citizens around the world, thus making those rights increasingly universal and indivisible.
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U2 - 10.1093/rsq/hdq020
DO - 10.1093/rsq/hdq020
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956148550
SN - 1020-4067
VL - 28
SP - 34
EP - 58
JO - Refugee Survey Quarterly
JF - Refugee Survey Quarterly
IS - 4
M1 - hdq020
ER -