Denied citizenship and persecuted in Myanmar, the Rohingya have fled to various countries, including Malaysia. However, Malaysia is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. It also has weak domestic legal and regulatory mechanisms to protect refugees and asylum-seekers. In this paper, the authors study the treatment of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia and suggest how the Malaysian legal system can better protect them by adapting international legal practices.
Monday, March 28, 2022
Mahaseth & Banusekar: Living in the Shadows: Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia
Harsh Mahaseth (Jindal Global Law School) & Samyuktha Banusekar (SASTRA Deemed Univ. - Law) have posted Living in the Shadows: Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia (Asian Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:
