Securing procedural safeguards for asylum seekers in Canadian law: An expanding role for international human rights law?

International Journal of Refugee Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 212-253

  Heckman, Gerald P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LEGAL SYSTEM;

CANADA;

EID: 0345149444     PISSN: 09538186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijrl/15.2.212     Document Type: Article

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