Conclusions

AuthorSasha Baglay/Martin Jones
Pages443-450
443
CHA PTER 13
CONCLUSIONS
A. OVERVIEW OF THE FEATUR ES OF
CA NADIA N REF UGEE LAW
This book has exam ined many aspects of refugee protection in Canada:
inland and oversea s refugee determination, formal law and govern-
ment policy, the historic and contemporary context of refugee law, and
the domestic and internationa l principles of refugee protection. It has
sought to present Canadian ref ugee law as an independent system, yet
one that is open to and inf‌luenced by other branches of domestic law,
international law, the practices of other jurisdictions, and the general
global trends in forced migration.
Refugee law generally — and Canad ian refugee law, in particular
— is no longer only about refugees understood in the traditiona l sense
refugee determination system and t he overseas selection of refugees,
Canada offers protection to many individuals who fall outside the clas-
sical def‌inition of “Convention refugee.” Canadian refugee law now
embodies categories def‌ined by Canada’s obligations under the Refugee
Convention, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and
the Conve ntion Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment. It does so through the concepts of “Conven-
tion refugee” and “person in need of protection” as well as categories
1 28 July 1951, 189 UNTS 150 [Refugee Conve ntion].

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