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Rwandan refugee rights in Uganda : analysis of law and practice
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Abstract
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| Uganda is a host country to refugees from neighboring countries including Rwanda. According to UNHCR, by the end of 2015, Uganda was the 8th and 3rd top refugee hosting country in the world and Africa respectively. It hosted over 500,000 refugees. This number had increased to over 1 million by February 2017. Although Uganda has been praised world wide as being friendly to refugees, its policy and treatment of refugees and asylum seekers has been inconsistent with international obligations. There is a discrepancy between the rights refugees are entitled to under international and municipal law, and the ones they enjoy in practice. This article analyzes this discrepancy. It focuses on specific rights like non-discrimination, life, asylum, liberty and security of person and the principle of non-refoulement. The paper inquires into the factors behind Uganda’s violation of refugee rights. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Mei Zhong fa lü ping lun
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Publication
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2016
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1548-6605
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DOI
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10.17265/1548-6605/2016.12.002
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13
:12
(2016)
, p. 857-880
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