LEADER 02808nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910786134303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-18470-7 010 $a90-04-22861-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004228610 035 $a(CKB)2670000000333894 035 $a(EBL)1128366 035 $a(OCoLC)829461154 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833959 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11461910 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833959 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10936579 035 $a(PQKB)10327257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1128366 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004228610 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1128366 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10658504 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL449720 035 $a(PPN)174399545 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000333894 100 $a20120813d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProtection of the right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system$b[electronic resource] /$fby Chaloka Beyani 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cM. Nijhoff$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 225 0$aRefugees and human rights,$x1387-6031 ;$vv. 12 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a90-04-16341-7 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Background -- The Applicable Legal Framework -- The African Charter and the Protection of Refugees -- Access to Justice: The Right of Asylum Seekers and Refugees to Lodge Individual Complaints -- Protection Techniques -- Case Studies -- Appendices -- Index. 330 $aThe use of international human rights machinery to protect refugees has acquired an important dimension in recent years. This is true of both the United Nations treaty body system and the African, European and Inter-American regional systems of of human rights. The result is a dynamic international invigoration of traditional refugee law that, in contradistinction, tends to be applied at the level of national courts and tribunals. Yet the precise role of human rights in the protection of refugees is sometimes viewed with suspicion and uncertainty. This Commentary provides a valuable insight into the use of human rights in the protection of refugees through the prism of the African Human Rights System. 410 0$aRefugees and Human Rights$v12. 606 $aHuman rights$zAfrica 606 $aCivil rights$zAfrica 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aCivil rights 676 $a342.608/3 700 $aBeyani$b Chaloka$0542720 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786134303321 996 $aProtection of the right to seek and obtain asylum under the African human rights system$93786766 997 $aUNINA