| CODE | IRL5006 | ||||||
| TITLE | Refugee Law and Statelessness: Practical Aspects | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | International Relations | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will comprise a series of lectures exploring the legal, policy and practical aspects of two populations: refugees and stateless persons. By linking the two populations, the study-unit will examine the legal regimes governing situations where state fail - intentionally or otherwise - to protect persons. Together with analysing the legal aspects, emerging from international, European and national law, the study-unit will contextualise these populations within their social environments so as to present the social and personal dynamics happening at the micro-cosmic level. In particular, the study-unit will adopt a rights-based understanding of the positioning of the refugee and the stateless person within communities. Study-Unit Aims: - To provide students with knowledge relating to the legal and institutional framework governing the protection of refugees and stateless persons; - To provide students the opportunity to engage in discussions on policy considerations that underpin the creation and resolution of refugee and stateless situations; - To provide students with an insight into the human perspectives of situations where persons lack state protection, with a view to exploring the broader implications on societies and communities; - To provide students with the skills necessary to identify triggers, factors, contexts and solutions relating to refugees and stateless persons. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - understand the definitions of refugee and statelessness; - understand the nature of state obligations in relation to these populations; - identify the sources of law and institutional protection/intervention regarding refugees and stateless persons; - understand the trigger elements (in law, policy and practice) that create refugee situations and stateless persons; - identify sources of solutions; - understand the notion of state protection, and the implications of its absence. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - engage in discussions on the positioning of refugees and stateless persons within contemporary communities and societies; - analyse specific contexts and appreciate their potential for creating refugee or statelessness scenarios; - explore legal, policy and other avenues for increased protection of refugees and stateless persons. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Refugees Primary: - James C. Hathaway, The rights of refugees under international law, Cambridge University Press, 2005. - Forced Migration Current Awareness, https://fm-cab.blogspot.com.mt/, online blog. - ECRE, Policy Note: Chartering a way to protection - The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - An indispensable instrument in the file of Asylum, 2017. Available at https://www.ecre.org/ecre-policy-note-chartering-a-way-to-protection-the-eu-charter-of-fundamental-rights-an-indispensable-instrument-in-the-field-of-asylum/ Refugees Secondary: - ECRE, The Way Forward: Europe's role in the global refugee protection system, 2005. Available at http://www.refworld.org/docid/4356034c4.html - IRIN, Time to reform the way we protect refugees?, 2016. Available at http://www.irinnews.org/analysis/2016/05/09/time-reform-way-we-protect-refugees - Koichi Koizumi and Gerhard Hoffstaedter, Urban Refugees: Challenges in protection, services and policy, Routledge, 2015. Statelessness Primary: - European Network on Statelessness, ENS Good Practice Guide on Statelessness Determination and the Protection Status of Stateless Persons, 2013. Available at http://www.statelessness.eu/resources/ens-good-practice-guide-statelessness-determination-and-protection-status-stateless - Laura Van Waas and Melanie Khanna (eds), Solving Statelessness, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2016. Statelessness Secondary: - European Network on Statelessness, Still Stateless, Still Suffering - Why Europe Must Act Not to Protect Stateless Persons, 2014. Available at http://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/www.statelessness.eu_sites_www.statelessness.eu_files_ENS_Still_Stateless_Still_Suffering_online%20version_2.pdf |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jill Alpes Neil Falzon |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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