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dc.contributor.authorBooth, Kateen
dc.contributor.authorBacon, Rachelen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:23:55Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:23:55Z-
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.identifier.citation24 (4), December 2002en
dc.identifier.issn0082-0512en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16142-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherFaculty of Lawen
dc.subjectRefugee communitiesen
dc.subjectCriminal justice responsesen
dc.subjectLegal issuesen
dc.subject.otherCulturally and Linguistically Diverse / Migrant / Refugee communitiesen
dc.titlePersecution by omission: violence by non-state actors and the role of the state under the refugees convention in "Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Khawar"en
dc.title.alternativeThe Sydney law reviewen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid1870en
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordNationalen
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.subject.readinglistCulturally and Linguistically Diverse / Migrant / Refugee communitiesen
dc.description.notesDiscusses the recent case of Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Khawar, in which the High Court’s decision confirmed that ‘persecution’ within the meaning of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees may arise in situations where applicants for refugee status are in fear of violence by private individuals and their state of nationality fails to provide protection, be it through condoning, tolerating or actively committing that violence. The requirement for a ‘nexus’ between the Convention and the State’s omission must still however be established, such that the failure of the State in question to provide protection must be motivated by a reason stipulated in the Convention. The facts of the case and the decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Federal Court, both at first instance and on appeal, are presented before the views of each of the Justices of the High Court on the major issues of the case are examined in detail. Some of the implications of the decision and trends in overseas jurisdictions are then discussed and it is suggested that the decision in Khawar marks part of a broader shift in common law countries towards challenging the public/private dichotomy. Suggests that whilst the decision is not expected to open the ‘floodgates’ to all refugee women who have experienced domestic violence, it may pave the way for a more uniform and contextualised approach to gender-related violence.en
dc.identifier.sourceThe Sydney law reviewen
dc.date.entered2003-04-01en
dc.publisher.placeUniversity of Sydneyen
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