Extra-territorial Asylum Protection and Processing

Traditional asylum policies of industrialized States focus on granting protection to an individual by admitting him to its territory and abstaining from ‘refoulement’ to the country from which the individual fled. Contemporary developments indicate a shift in these traditional policies. New approaches presuppose that a State could designate foreign territories to be the primary place of protection. This might also entail new international responsibilities. The aim of the research is to investigate whether, and if so, to what extent, States can be held responsible for human rights violations occurring in foreign protection facilities.