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Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law
A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Mr E.Y. Benneh of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/8093 Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law Swart, Sarah Jean UCTD Unaccompanied minor refugees (UMR) Socio-economic rights Human rights Rights of the child African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) Ghana Refugee children South Africa Human rights -- Africa Economics -- Sociological aspects Refugees -- Africa A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Mr E.Y. Benneh of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon The main objective of this study is to investigate the practical treatment of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees (UMR) in Ghana and South Africa, and to explore whether such treatment is in accordance with existing international norms and standards for the protection of refugee children. The study will focus on the realisation of children’s socio-economic rights in order to measure treatment. This study also seeks to address the obstacles which prevent the full and proper treatment of UMR, and to make recommendations as to how the international community can better regulate the treatment of UMR. In essence, this paper aims to investigate whether there is a discrepancy between the rights of child refugees acknowledged in international law and the situation of UMR in practice, and, if so, how this can be remedied. This paper seeks to show, through the case studies of Ghana and South Africa, that UMR are, to a certain extent, lost in the system http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ Centre for Human Rights LLM 2008-11-26T07:25:47Z 2008-11-26T07:25:47Z 2008 Mini Dissertation Swart, SJ 2008, Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8093> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8093 en LLM Dissertations Centre for Human Rights, Law Faculty, University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Unaccompanied minor refugees (UMR) Socio-economic rights Human rights Rights of the child African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) Ghana Refugee children South Africa Human rights -- Africa Economics -- Sociological aspects Refugees -- Africa Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law |
| title | Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law |
| title_full | Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law |
| title_fullStr | Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law |
| title_short | Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law |
| title_sort | unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio economic rights under human rights law |
| topic | UCTD Unaccompanied minor refugees (UMR) Socio-economic rights Human rights Rights of the child African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) Ghana Refugee children South Africa Human rights -- Africa Economics -- Sociological aspects Refugees -- Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8093 |