RT Article
T1 Local agents of international justice?: on the role of subnational units in refugee protection
JF Human rights review
VO 24
IS 3
SP 389
OP 411
A1 Tanasoca, Ana 1986-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1862622744
AB Refugee protection depends, minimally, on the identification of agents capable of discharging international obligations in this area of international law. Commonly discussed “agents of justice” include states, IOs, and NGOs. This article focuses on a different set of actors: subnational units (cities, states, and provinces in federal States) and the legal mechanisms they may use to discharge international obligations in the area of refugee protection. I advance three distinct theoretical models for understanding subnational units’ responsibilities vis-à-vis international law: (1) derived delegated responsibilities; (2) derived back-up responsibilities; and (3) assumed responsibilities. I conclude by sketching some ways in which subnational units could play an even more salient role in the promotion of international law.
K1 International Law
K1 Sanctuary
K1 Human Rights
K1 Immigration
K1 Federal state
K1 Cities
K1 Responsibility
K1 Refugee
K1 Subnational units
DO 10.1007/s12142-023-00699-z