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Comparative Perspectives of Constitutional Asylum in France, Italy and Germany: Requiescat in Pace?

Lambert, H., Messineo, Francesco, Tiedemann, P. (2008) Comparative Perspectives of Constitutional Asylum in France, Italy and Germany: Requiescat in Pace? Refugee Survey Quarterly, 27 (3). pp. 16-32. ISSN 1020-4067. (doi:10.1093/rsq/hdn043) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:25908)

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Abstract

Most countries provide asylum through domestic legislation, such as a statute incorporating the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. France, Italy, and Germany stand out as three of very few European countries specifically to guarantee a right of asylum in their national Constitutions. The origin, wording, and scope of these constitutional provisions vary, depending on historical factors specific to each country. This article examines the right of asylum guaranteed in the Constitutions of France, Italy, and Germany from a historical perspective. It discusses how this right has evolved in all three countries, especially in light of the Refugee Convention and recent European Asylum Legislation. It concludes that however unique and individual constitutional asylum has traditionally been regarded as in France, Italy, and Germany, international obligations and recent European commitments have absorbed its distinctiveness, making it a redundant, almost obsolete, concept.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1093/rsq/hdn043
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Deborah Sowrey
Date Deposited: 19 Oct 2010 09:21 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/25908 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Messineo, Francesco.

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