The Meaningful Participation of Refugees in Decision-Making Processes: Questions of Law and Policy

Harley, T; Hobbs, H

The Meaningful Participation of Refugees in Decision-Making Processes: Questions of Law and Policy

Harley, T Hobbs, H

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Citation:: International Journal of Refugee Law

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Harley, T
dc.contributor.author	Hobbs, H https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-6908
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-04T01:40:28Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-04T01:40:28Z
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Refugee Law
dc.identifier.issn	0953-8186
dc.identifier.issn	1464-3715
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141090
dc.description.abstract	<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>There has been a significant push in recent years for greater and more meaningful participation of refugees in decision-making processes that affect them. This push is identifiable in a range of international instruments, including the 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees, as well as numerous initiatives developed by refugees, civil society organizations, and international organizations at the local, national, and international level. This article considers the emergent drive for refugee participation from the perspective of both law and policy. It examines the evolution of the international legal framework, analysing the extent to which international refugee and human rights law mandate the inclusion of refugees in decisions that affect them. The article also explores the notion of participation in detail, teasing out several key challenges for consideration in the development of inclusive participatory processes. Drawing this material together, it explores two options that could further promote the moral, political, and ultimately legal authority for meaningfully including refugees in the design and implementation of policy. These options are indicators that establish baselines and track refugee participation in decision-making processes, and a new, non-binding United Nations declaration that clearly details the right of refugees to have some authority in decision-making processes that affect them.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press (OUP)
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Refugee Law
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/ijrl/eeaa010
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject	1801 Law
dc.subject.classification	Law
dc.title	The Meaningful Participation of Refugees in Decision-Making Processes: Questions of Law and Policy
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	1801 Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
utslib.copyright.embargo	2022-05-08T00:00:00+1000Z
dc.date.updated	2020-06-04T01:40:25Z
pubs.publication-status	Published online

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Abstract There has been a significant push in recent years for greater and more meaningful participation of refugees in decision-making processes that affect them. This push is identifiable in a range of international instruments, including the 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees, as well as numerous initiatives developed by refugees, civil society organizations, and international organizations at the local, national, and international level. This article considers the emergent drive for refugee participation from the perspective of both law and policy. It examines the evolution of the international legal framework, analysing the extent to which international refugee and human rights law mandate the inclusion of refugees in decisions that affect them. The article also explores the notion of participation in detail, teasing out several key challenges for consideration in the development of inclusive participatory processes. Drawing this material together, it explores two options that could further promote the moral, political, and ultimately legal authority for meaningfully including refugees in the design and implementation of policy. These options are indicators that establish baselines and track refugee participation in decision-making processes, and a new, non-binding United Nations declaration that clearly details the right of refugees to have some authority in decision-making processes that affect them.

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