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Understanding International Migration Law: Rights and Obligations in Migration Issues

Learn about International Migration Law, its origins, instruments, sources, and its impact on the rights and obligations of individuals involved in migration. Explore key international laws governing migration, including Human Rights Law, Refugee Law, and more.

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Understanding International Migration Law: Rights and Obligations in Migration Issues

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  1. International Migration Law IML

  2. Objectives • Overview of international public law • Introduction to International Migration Law (IML) • Branches of International Public Law, particularly those applicable to IML • Sources and components of IML • Instruments of IML

  3. International Law • Distinction between public and private international law • Governs legal relations between States- Public International Law • Governs legal relations between other subjects of international law- Private International Law

  4. Sources of International law • Treaties • International Customary Law • Judicial Decisions and Doctrine • General Principles of Law

  5. Branches of International Law •        Air Law and Space Law •        Law of the Sea •        International Environmental Law •        International Criminal Law •        The Law of Armed Conflict (Humanitarian Law) •        Refugee Law •        Human Rights Law •        International Trade Law •        Intellectual Property Law • Others …

  6. International Migration Law WHAT IS IT?

  7. What is International Migration Law? • Instruments of international law applicable to migration (IOM Glossary) • No «worldwide legislature» • Has developed over time • Compiled from branches of international law & applied to migration issues • Different instruments apply depending upon context • Distinction between nationals and aliens

  8. Rights and obligations of persons involved in migration Competences and responsibilities of States Components of IML

  9. Main Sources of International Migration Law • Human Rights Law • International Labour Law • Humanitarian Law • Refugee Law • Nationality Law • Law of the Sea • Criminal Law

  10. Human Rights UDHR ICCPR ICESCR CRC ICERD CEDAW CAT ICRMW CRPD CPPED Instruments of International Migration Law Criminal Law • Convention Against Translational Crime • Palermo Protocols International labour law • ILO Instruments • ICRMW Humanitarian Law • Geneva Conventions

  11. Refugee Law 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees 1967 Protocol Instruments of International Migration Law Law of the Sea • Convention on the Law of the Sea • International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Nationality Law • Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness • Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

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