The Human Rights of Non-Citizens

by David Weissbrodt

Non-citizens include asylum seekers, rejected asylum seekers, immigrants, non-immigrants, migrant workers, refugees, stateless persons, and trafficked persons. This book argues that regardless of their citizenship status, non-citizens should, by virtue of their essential humanity, enjoy all human rights unless exceptional distinctions serve a legitimate State objective and are proportional to the achievement of that objective. Non-citizens should...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199547823
• ISBN13: 9780199547821
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"