Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law

dc.contributor.authorSwart, Sarah Jean
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-13T06:41:44Z
dc.date.available2009-07-13T06:41:44Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis paper reflects the results of a study, the main objective of which was to investigate the practical treatment of unaccompanied minor refugees 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 focused on the realisation of children's socio-economic rights in order to measure treatment. The paper seeks to address the obstacles which prevent the proper treatment of unaccompanied minor refugees, and to make recommendations as to how the international community can better regulate the treatment of unaccompanied minor refugees. 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 unaccompanied minor refugees in practice and, if so, how this can be remedied. The paper seeks to show, through the case studies of Ghana and South Africa, that unaccompanied minor refugees are, to a certain extent, lost in the system.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSwart, S 2009, 'Unaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights law', African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 103-128. [http://www.jutalaw.co.za/catalogue/itemdisplay.jsp?item_id=3591]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1609-073X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/10759
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_US
dc.rightsJuta Lawen_US
dc.subjectRefugeesen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economic rightsen_US
dc.subjectHuman rights lawen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subject.lcshRefugee childrenen_US
dc.subject.lcshEconomics -- Sociological aspectsen_US
dc.titleUnaccompanied minor refugees and the protection of their socio-economic rights under human rights lawen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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