Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)

Vincent Chetail

Chapter 99 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 575-580 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) is a critical school of legal scholarship denouncing the colonial legacy of international law and its continuing influence. It is both an intellectual and a political movement that critiques the role of international law in perpetuating global inequalities and seeks to transform it into a more just and inclusive system, with due regard to the experiences and aspirations of the Global South. While the TWAIL interest in migration is quite recent, it has raised extensive literature and represents a vital contribution to knowledge by exposing the racial origin of immigration control and the decisive impact of Western countries in establishing and governing the current legal framework on migration and asylum.

Keywords: Global South; Global North; Colonialism; Decolonization; Coloniality; Imperialism; Critical studies; International law; Migration governance; Racism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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