عدم طرد اللاجئ في القانون الدولي

Abstract EN

The principle of non-refoulement is considered one of the basic principles in the international refugee law, as it protects the refugees from falling at the hands of the authorities persecuting them.

The rights that the refugees enjoy according to the international conventions is considered as obligations over the refugees’ host State.

The most important of which are: Right to protection against refoulement and constraining the host State’s authority regarding the expulsion of the refugee.

The international refugee law rejects the expulsion of the refugee.

Also, the principle of Non Refoulement is well entrenched in customary international law; it is binding for contracting and non-contracting states.

In addition, he Contracting States shall not expel a refugee lawfully in their territory save on grounds of national security or public order.

Articles (32) and (33) of the 1951 refugee convention are the core of international refugee protection.