Title: Questioning the Responsibility of States in the Protection of Refugee Status under International Law
Authors: Nana Charles Nguindip
Volume: 9
Issue: 11
Pages: 315-323
Publication Date: 2025/11/28
Abstract:
There exist and still presents lots of uproars and hullabaloos as to whether states are really offering protection to refugee, and if this be the case, what becomes so nonconforming and unusual in such protection? Nevertheless, the debate on States responsibility have taken sundry measurement as they are exploring and elaborating their spheres of activities in order to accomplish and even improved refugee protection. At the heart of these likenesses sometimes lies a miscalculation as to evaluate and assess staunchly the duties States owes to refugees and asylum-seekers under international law. This article pronounces that there are lots of diatribes and puzzled when probing and assessing the responsibilities of states in the protection of refugees' status as we continue to observe constant violations on the rights and status of refugees. In order to answer the above hesitations and observations made, it will be proper in developing an analytical research methodology which will be in assessing the responsibilities of States when dealing with refugee protection. From the above radiance, it is clear and unequivocal that there are some hitches and twist in the responsibilities of States as to refugee in matters related to refugee protection. It is therefore in this lane conclusion that one can emphasis that, the problem is not just with the position stipulated for protection under international law, but rather with that protection render by the States which have continue to be regarded of being of questionable character.