Karé-mérat v. Belgium And Belgian Representative Of The Un High Commissioner For Refugees

Abstract

International organization and administration — International officials — UN High Commissioner for Refugees — Representative in Belgium — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Belgian law on the control of aliens, 1952 — Decision within framework of Belgian procedure for granting, refugee status — Whether subject to control of Belgian Conseil d’Etat — The law of BelgiumThe individual in international law — Aliens — Expulsion of aliens — Procedure of expulsion — Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Belgian law on the control of aliens 1952 — Application for recognition of refugee status — Prohibition on expulsion prior to decision on refugee status and consultation of Consultative Committee for Aliens — Failure by alien to follow procedure for applying for refugee status — Whether entitled to decision on status and consultation of Consultative Committee before expulsion — Difference between refoulement and renvoi — The law of Belgium