Conclusions

• Author: Martin Jones - Sasha Baglay
• Profession: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University - Centre for Refugee Studies, York University. Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• Pages: 348-355

CHAP TER 13

CONCLUSIONS

A. OVERVIEWOFTHEFEATURESOF

CANADIAN REFUGEE LAW

This book has exa mined many aspects of refugee protection in Ca nada:

inland and overseas refugee determination, forma l law and govern-

ment policy, the historic and contemporary context of refugee law, the

domestic and t he intern ational principles of refugee protect ion. This

book has sought to present Canadian refugee law as an independent

system, yet one that is open to and inf‌luenced by other br anches of do-

mestic law, international law, the practice s of other jurisdict ions, and

the general global trends in forced migrat ion.

Refugee law generally and Canadian refugee law in particular is no

longer only about refugees understood in the traditiona l sense of the

Refugee Convention. Both in the inland ref ugee determination system

and the overseas select ion of refugees, Canada offers protection to many

individuals who fa ll outside of the classical def‌inition of “Convention

refugee.” Canadian refugee law now embodies categories def‌ined by

Canada’s obligations under the Refugee Conve ntio n, the Interna tional

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention Against Torture

(through the concepts of “Convention refugee” and “person in need of

prote ction”) a s well a s categor ies ba sed upon the hum anita rian g oals of

our immigration policies ref‌lected in the def‌inition of the “humanit ar-

ian-protected persons abroad” class.

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