Title Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2020HunGa1 and 2020HunBa119 before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea
Publisher UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date November 2020
Country Egypt | Republic of Korea
Topics Arbitrary arrest and detention | Children's rights | Non-refoulement | Right to seek asylum
Other Languages / Attachments Korean
Related Document(s) 2020HunGa1 & 2021HunHa10 (combined)
Cite as UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2020HunGa1 and 2020HunBa119 before the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea , November 2020, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/600a99384.html [accessed 24 May 2023]
Comments In this submission, UNHCR addresses the fundamental principles of non-refoulement and the right to seek asylum. UNHCR then provides its interpretation of the relevant principles of international refugee and human rights law on the arbitrary detention of asylum-seekers and highlights substantive safeguards. It further underlines that the principles related to the detention of asylum-seekers apply a fortiori to children.