Cessation and the ‘temporary turn’ in asylum law and practice

Part of a Special Issue on the 75th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention, this article asks: under what conditions can a state withdraw protection for a person recognized as a refugee under the Convention? It first sets the scene by outlining the broader ‘temporary turn’ in refugee protection in which cessation practice takes place. It then outlines three related developments: 1) the dilution of protection standards in the ‘ceased circumstance’ assessment; 2) the ambivalent treatment of refugees’ attachments to their countries of origin and residence; and 3) the influence of securitization concerns on cessation criteria.

Cessation and the ‘temporary turn’ in asylum law and practice | International Journal of Refugee Law | Oxford Academic