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International Migration Law - LW900

Location Term Level Credits (ECTS) Convenor 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Canterbury Spring Masters
Undergraduate or postgraduate masters level module
 		20 (10) Ryan Professor B F inactive active active
Brussels Spring Masters
Undergraduate or postgraduate masters level module
 		20 (10) active active active

The information below applies to the 2013-14 session

Synopsis

This module offers a survey of international legal principles relating to migration. It will address international law principles concerning nationality, immigration control, migration and asylum. International law has a key role in shaping national policy in these areas, including through the application of international human rights principles. Equally, knowledge of the international legal framework is essential to a full understanding of migration policy and processes.

Topics Covered

• the international law on nationality
• international law and immigration control
• migrant workers in international law
• family life, private life and migration
• the Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees
• complementary protection in international law
• the social and economic rights of migrants

Details

This module appears in:

Contact hours

2-3 hours a week combined lecture/seminar

Availability

Spring Term

Method of assessment

Students will be assessed on the basis of two 2,500 word essays, each worth 50%.

Preliminary reading

  • T A Aleinikoff & V Chetail (eds), Migration and International Legal Norms (2003) P De Guchteneire, A Pécoud & R Cholewinski, Migration and Human Rights: The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers’ Rights (2009) E Feller, V Türk & F Nicholson (eds), Refugee Protection in International Law (2003) M Foster, International Refugee Law and Socio-Economic Rights (2007) G Goodwin-Gill & J McAdam, The Refugee in International Law (3rd ed, 2007) J McAdam, Complementary Protection in International Refugee Law (2007) B Ryan & V Mitsilegas (eds), Extraterritorial Immigration Control: Legal Challenges (2010) K Wouters, International Legal Standards for the Protection from Refoulement (Intersentia, 2009)

See the library reading list for this module

Learning outcomes

  • Students will gain an understanding of:
  • The political and philosophical choices posed by contemporary international migration.
  • The main international treaties which relate to migration
  • The systems for the international protection of human rights
  • The system of public international law

Pre-requisites

No pre-requisites

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