A historical exploration of the right to free movement within the country in international law

Juan Ruiz Ramos ()

Chapter 1 in The Freedom of Movement of Asylum Seekers within the State, 2025, pp 26-65 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter explores the historical origins of the right to free movement, briefly presenting the state of the right in international law at the time of the League of Nations, State practice before 1948 and the adoption of the American Declaration of Human Rights, the first international instrument to include this freedom. The main sections discuss at length the travaux préparatoires of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Protocol 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights and the Refugee Convention. Each section considers how the drafters of the various instruments understood the importance of the right to free movement within the country, the purpose of the right (or its permissible restrictions) and the position of non-nationals in relation to this freedom.

Keywords: travaux préparatoires; Refugee Convention; International human rights law; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Rights of refugees and migrants; Origins of human rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035356836
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