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Title:South African refugee protection system: an analysis of refugee status, rights and duties
Author:Mireku, ObengISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:Verfassung und Recht in Übersee
Volume:35
Issue:3
Pages:399-413
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:refugees
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Abstract:This article analyses the refugee protection system recently adopted in South Africa through a comparison with international refugee law. The principal thesis advanced in the article is that the refugee statute establishes a refugee protection system that is deeply rooted in human rights norms recognized under international conventions and reinforced by the domestic bill of rights. Accordingly, the article briefly outlines the genesis of the Refugee Act 1998 and traces the origin of its definition of refugee status to the UN and OAU conventions on refugees. This is then followed by an examination of the refugee determination procedure as well as the statutory and constitutional rights of refugees. Notes, ref., sum. (p. 354)
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