Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dk4vv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-23T17:07:13.185Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

AAY v. State Secretary for Justice

The Netherlands.  06 August 1987 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Get access

Abstract

Aliens — Refugees — Refugee status — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, and Protocol, 1967 — Article 1(D) — Non-application of Convention to persons receiving protection from agencies of the United Nations — Palestinian refugee voluntarily leaving refugee camp organized by UNRWA — Whether entitled to protection under the Convention — Significance of views of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Interpretation by municipal courts — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — Extent to which Dutch courts should take note of High Commissioner’s interpretation of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, and Protocol, 1967 — Relevance of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status

Treaties — Interpretation — Principles of interpretation — Plain meaning of text — Object and purpose of treaty — Travaux préparatoires — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, and Protocol, 1967 — The law of the Netherlands

Type
Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1994

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)