People on the move: legal & HR responses: EU and Council of Europe (ECtHR)

For subject searches in SOLO try these terms

Asylum, Right of -- European Union countries

Emigration and immigration law -- European Union countries

Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- European Union countries

European Union countries   Emigration and immigration   Government policy

(For earlier works you may have to substitute  European Economic Community countries)

The current collection of books with shelfmarks beginning  Euro Comm are shelved on level 3, one floor up from the entrance level.

"This Court – the European Court of Human Rights – is not competent to examine the application of
the Geneva Convention. And the European Convention on Human Rights does not provide for a right
to asylum. As a matter of principle, the right to control the entry, residence and expulsion of nonnationals rests with the States.
But the Member States of the Council of Europe are under the obligation to secure to everyone
within their jurisdiction, including migrants, the respect of the rights guaranteed by the European
Convention on Human Rights. And it is to this end that the Court’s case-law imposes certain
limitations on the right of States to turn someone away from their borders."

CourtTalks/Discours: Asylum <https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr/COURTalks_Asyl_Talk_ENG> accessed 21 Jan 2025

The Convention may not mention refugees specifically, but the European Court of Human Rights has developed case law in areas such as non-return and family reunification.

Level 3, one floor above the entrance level to the Law Bod has works on public international law. This collection is sub-divided into subject areas - the two most relevant are

Internat 570 Human rights
Internat 575 European Court of Human Rights:  literature

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