This paper explores the role of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in protecting the rights of refugees in transit countries, with a special focus on the ongoing refugee crisis. Author argues that the executive branch bears the primary obligation to ensure the respect of human rights on national level. Therefore, it has to have a leading role in providing for refugees, as well. NHRIs, as oversight authorities, should serve as its obvious partner. The author maps number of possible NHRIs activities in relation to the refugee crisis, with the emphasis on complaint handling and ex officio investigations; legislative initiatives; prevention of torture and ill-treatment; ensuring full access to the asylum procedure; and cross border cooperation. Besides relevant academic literature on NHRIs and refugees, author builds on the results of international and regional conferences organized to explore these issues, as well as on the work of the Serbian Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) and... other NHRIs from the Balkans, in order to portray the experiences of transit countries.
Keywords:
human rights / refugees / transit / national human rights institutions / NHRI / ombudsman / Serbia
Source:
The 3rd International Academic Conference on Human Security, 2016, 65-72
Publisher:
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Security Studies
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AU - Glušac, Luka
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Glušac, L.. (2016). Protecting the Rights of Refugees in Transit Countries: What Role for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs). in The 3rd International Academic Conference on Human Security
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Security Studies., 65-72.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2222
Glušac L. Protecting the Rights of Refugees in Transit Countries: What Role for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs). in The 3rd International Academic Conference on Human Security. 2016;:65-72.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2222 .
Glušac, Luka, "Protecting the Rights of Refugees in Transit Countries: What Role for National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)" in The 3rd International Academic Conference on Human Security (2016):65-72,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rifdt_2222 .
