The Notion of Complicity in UK Refugee Law

In recent years, UK case law has analysed the arrival of new terms in refugee law, which determine a person's complicity in the commission of a crime falling under the exclusion clauses of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. These terms have included concepts of 'individual...

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Published in:Journal of international criminal justice 2014-12, Vol.12 (5), p.1201-1216
Main Author: Juss, S. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Exclusion
International law
Legal studies
Liability
Refugees
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Summary:In recent years, UK case law has analysed the arrival of new terms in refugee law, which determine a person's complicity in the commission of a crime falling under the exclusion clauses of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. These terms have included concepts of 'individual responsibility', 'individually responsible for the crime', and 'otherwise participate in the commission of crimes', which are drawn from international criminal law. This article traces the use of these terms in the modern law relating to the exclusion from refugee status and suggests that a simple standard of identifying 'a sufficient level of participation on the part of the individual to fix him with the relevant liability' should be uniformly adopted in cases of complicity.
ISSN:1478-1387
1478-1395
DOI:10.1093/jicj/mqu066