Why News Matters in Refugee Legal Proceedings: A Practitioner's Perspective. (17th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hew, Jonathan
• Is Part Of: Journal of human rights practice. Volume 13:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 446
• Page End: 455
• Publication Date: 2022-02-17
• Subjects: country of origin -- decision-making -- human rights -- media -- news -- refugee; Human rights -- Periodicals; 341.4805
• DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/huab016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-9619

Abstract

Abstract: This article explores the close relationship between news reports and refugee lawyers' decision-making in legal proceedings. It finds that refugee lawyers rely on news reports in at least three ways, namely, as evidence in itself, the basis for other types of evidence, and a basis for their personal worldviews. However, it also finds that their reliance might not always be well placed and that, where it is not, refugee law and human rights consequences can ensue.