Journal of Human Rights Practice
Volume 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 216-222

Refugees and national human rights institutions: A growing engagement (Article) (Open Access)

Carver R.*
  • a Human Rights and Governance in the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom

Abstract

In recent years national human rights institutions (NHRIs) have begun to bridge the long-standing gap between practice in the refugee and human rights fields. Often using their mandate as national preventive mechanisms under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, NHRIs visit refugees in detention as well as in other types of camp. This has been particularly marked among Balkan ombudsman institutions in their response to the recent mass influx of refugees. © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

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Ombudsman Refugees Detention National human rights institutions OPCAT

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DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/hux017
ISSN: 17579619
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English