1. International Migration Law IML
Richard Perruchoud
International Migration Law IML

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

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. International Migration Law
WHAT IS IT?

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

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

10. Instruments of International Migration Law
Human Rights
UDHR
ICCPR
ICESCR
CRC
ICERD
CEDAW
CAT
ICMW
Criminal Law
Convention Against Translational Crime
Palermo Protocols
Migrant Workers Law
ILO Instruments
ICMW
Humanitarian Law
Geneva Conventions

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