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« Refugees and the Right to Return »

Quand :
21 février 2018 @ 17:15 – 18:45
2018-02-21T17:15:00+00:00
2018-02-21T18:45:00+00:00
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Salle 309
2910 Boulevard Edouard-Montpetit
Montréal, QC H3T 1J7
Canada

Dans le cadre des midis de l’éthique du CRÉ, Christine Straehle (University of Ottawa) nous offrira une présentation intitulée « Refugees and the Right to Return ».

Abstract:

Refugees are owed shelter. The obligation to provide shelter is based on the human right to protection from persecution, and grounded in the principle of non-refoulement that signatories to the Geneva Convention have accepted. Beyond this immediate obligation, however, it is not clear what obligations asylum-granting states have towards those they admit. In recent debates, the agency of refugees has been contrasted with images of refugees as victims. Based on the concern for their agency, normative theorists have argued for quick access to rights for refugees in host societies in order for refugees to have access to the means of agency. One of the claims of many refugees, however, is the right to return to their country of origin. I examine if an obligation to realize the right of return can normatively be justified.

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