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nonrefoulement

nonrefoulement is the alternative form of non-refoulement.

Meaning of non-refoulement

Noun

non-refoulement (uncountable)

  1. (international law) The principle that a person (particularly a refugee) should not be returned to an area (chiefly their country of origin) where they would face mistreatment.
    • In international law, there is a principle that is of paramount importance—the principle of non-refoulement (prohibition to return). The principle is applicable to any refugee, asylum-seeker or an alien who needs some form of shelter from the state whose control he/she is under. The non-refoulement...2008, Vladislava Stoyanova, “The Principle of Non-refoulement and the Right of Asylum-seekers to Enter State Territory”, in Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law, volume 3, number 1, Bay...
    Antonyms:
    refoulement

Questions about nonrefoulement

What is nonrefoulement the alternative form of?
Nonrefoulement is the alternative form of non-refoulement.

Words near nonrefoulement in the dictionary

  1. nonreformation
  2. nonreformed
  3. nonreforming
  4. nonreformist
  5. nonreformists
  6. nonrefoulement
  7. nonrefoulment
  8. nonrefracting
  9. nonrefraction
  10. nonrefractive
  11. nonrefractory

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