The Quarterly Journal of Judicial Law Views

The Quarterly Journal of Judicial Law Views

Development of International Human Rights Law in the ILC Draft Articles on “Expulsion of Aliens”

Authors
Bagher Mirabbasi 1
Arya Askari 2
1 University of Tehran
2 University of Tehran- Alborz Campus
Abstract
Development of International Human Rights Law in the ILC Draft Articles on “Expulsion of Aliens”
Abstract
The treatment of aliens has a long history under international law and has always been a controversial Issue. In this context the main issue is to compromise between the sovereignty of states and the protection of human rights of aliens. The expulsion of aliens is one of the most important subdivisions of international law on treatment of aliens. Since the nineteenth century, affected by the process and dialogue of humanization of international law and with Progressive development of Human Rights Law, the laws regulating this domain have been impressively evolved.
Recently international law commission (ILC) has adopted the draft articles on the “expulsion of aliens” with commentaries. The commentary on draft article 3 point out that the draft articles involve both codification of existing international law and progressive development of international law, twin aspects of the ILC’s mandate. The goal of this paper is to examine this draft articles from the development of human rights perspective and to analyze that to what extent they progress beyond the status quo in human rights law.


 
Keywords
alien
Expulsion
human rights
International law commission’s Draft articles
Progressive development of human rights law
Books:
• Lillich R.B., (1984), The Human Rights of Aliens in Contemporary International Law, Manchester University Press.
• Murphy, Sean D, Kidane, Won & Snider, Thomas R, (2013), Litigating War: Mass Civil Injury and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, Oxford University Press.
• Vattel E.D., (1916), The Law of Nations, Classic of International Law, Carnegie Institution.
• Wojnowska-Radzinska, Julia (2015), The Right of an Alien to be Protected against Arbitrary Expulsion in International Law, BRILL.

Articles:

• Askary, Pouria & Askari, Aria, (2018), “Expulsion of Aliens: State’s Rights vs. Human Rights”, in Rajan, Sanoj, Global Refugee Crisis: A Contemporary Reflection, Thomson Reuters.
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• Murphy, Sean D, (2013), “The Expulsion of Aliens and Other Topics: The Sixty-Fourth Session of the International Law Commission”, Journal of International Law, Vol. 164, Issue 1.
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Documents:
• UN Doc. A/63/10, 2008
• UN Doc. A/69/10, 2014
• UN Doc. A/RES/72/117, 2017
• UN Doc. A/60/10, 2005
• UN Doc. A/62/10, 2007
• UN Doc. A/64/10, 2009
• UN Doc. A/65/10, 2010
• UN Doc. A/66/10, 2011
• UN Doc. A/67/10, 2012
• UN Doc. A/CN.4/594, 2008
• UN Doc. A/RES/55/152, 2001.
• UN Doc. A/RES/56/82, 2002.

Judgments:

• Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, (2004), 26 R.I.A.A 195.
• European Court of Human Rights (E C H R), Moustaquim v. Belgium, Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction), (1991), Application No. 12313/86.
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• International Court of Justice (I C J), (2010), Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo).
• Rankin v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Award of 3 November 1987, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal Reports, Vol. 17 (IV), Cambridge University Press.
• (1) Short v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Award of 14 July 1987, Iran-United States Tribunal Reports, Vol. 16 (III), Cambridge University Press.
• United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR), (2006), Geneva, Expulsion of Aliens in International Human Rights Law, Discussion paper.
• Yeager v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Award of 2 November 1987, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal Reports, Vol. 17 (IV), Cambridge University Press.