1. 1 International Migration Law IML

2. 2 Objectives Overview of international public law Introduction to International Migration Law (IML) Branches of International Public Law, particularly those applicable to IML Sources and components of IML Instruments of IML

3. 3 International Law Distinction between public and private international law Governs legal relations between States- Public International Law Governs legal relations between other subjects of international law- Private International Law

4. 4 Sources of International law Treaties International Customary Law Judicial Decisions and Doctrine General Principles of Law

5. 5 Branches of International Law Air Law and Space Law Law of the Sea International Environmental Law International Criminal Law The Law of Armed Conflict (Humanitarian Law) Refugee Law Human Rights Law International Trade Law Intellectual Property Law Others …

6. 6 International Migration Law WHAT IS IT?

7. 7 What is International Migration Law? Instruments of international law applicable to migration (IOM Glossary) No «worldwide legislature» Has developed over time Compiled from branches of international law & applied to migration issues Different instruments apply depending upon context Distinction between nationals and aliens

8. 8 Components of IML Rights and obligations of persons involved in migration Competences and responsibilities of States

9. 9 Main Sources of International Migration Law Human Rights Law International Labour Law Humanitarian Law Refugee Law Nationality Law Law of the Sea Criminal Law

10. 10 Instruments of International Migration Law Human Rights UDHR ICCPR ICESCR CRC ICERD CEDAW CAT ICRMW CRPD CPPED Criminal Law Convention Against Translational Crime Palermo Protocols Humanitarian Law Geneva Conventions International labour law ILO Instruments ICRMW

11. 11 Instruments of International Migration Law Refugee Law 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees 1967 Protocol Nationality Law Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Law of the Sea Convention on the Law of the Sea International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea