Abstract
Asylum seekers, globally, are often left unprotected and vulnerable to human rights abuses by States. This minor dissertation analyses the existing international law on asylum seekers and its shortcomings in ensuring the protection of asylum seekers. By considering the inconsistency in instruments enacted at a regional level with principles established under customary international law, the question it seeks to address is whether it is necessary to bring about uniformity by way of a treaty on the right to asylum. This minor dissertation seeks to argue that a legal obligation binding States to protect asylum seekers does indeed exist and proposes possible solutions including the contents of the proposed treaty on the right to asylum.
LL.M. (Public International Law)