The Global Compact on Refugees
Inadequate substitute or useful complement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13136589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily E Arnold-Fernández (0000-0003-4386-4645, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Human Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2673-2726 • E-ISSN: 2673-2726 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fhumd.2023.1238186 |
| OpenAlex | W4389098347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
The Global Compact on Refugees is touted by its supporters as a soft law instrument that advances solutions for refugees in a way that complements the fundamental human rights protections afforded by the hard law Refugee Convention. In practice, however, the Global Compact appears to have replaced the Refugee Convention as the centerpiece of multilateral dialogue about states' actions vis-à-vis refugees. This paper argues that the substitution of the Global Compact for the Refugee Convention is problematic from a human rights perspective because the Global Compact makes very little provision for refugees' rights and interests, instead focusing on the rights and interests of states. The Compact thus exerts a gravitational pull that distances the forced displacement response sector from the objective of realizing refugees' human rights. To counter this, the paper suggests a need for increased attention and deeper investment in bolstering the use of human rights treaty mechanisms and processes to enforce refugees' human rights
Convention · Human rights · Internally displaced person · International human rights law · International law · Law and economics · Political science · Refugee · Refugee law · Sociology · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
The Rights of Refugees under International Law
Mobilizing for Human Rights
The Makings of a Success’
Global Compact on Refugees
The Unfinished Work of the Global Compact on Refugees
Theorizing the Refugee Humanitarian-development Nexus
The 1951 Refugee Convention’s Contingent Rights Framework and Article 26 of the ICCPR
Effects of International Law on Migration Policy and Practice
Panacea for the refugee crisis? Rethinking the promotion of ‘self-reliance’ for refugees
The Law and Society Movement
National Governance Frameworks in the Global Compact on Refugees
The New Grand Compromise
Studying Legal Consciousness
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |