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Narrowing the impunity gap?

Bolhuis, M.P.

2018

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Bolhuis, M. P. (2018). Narrowing the impunity gap? How host states deal with alleged perpetrators of serious

crimes excluded from international protection: a case study of the Netherlands.

http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/55705

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Table of content

1. Introduction

1.1. Exclusion from refugee protection

1.2. Objectives, case selection and research questions 1.3. Methodology

1.4. Outline of the study

2. Article 1F in the Netherlands and in Europe

background

2.2. The Dutch 1F policy in a European context

2.3. International cooperation and criminal prosecution

3. 1F-excluded individuals and other ‘undesirable but

unreturnable’ migrants in the Netherlands

3.2. UBU in the Netherlands

3.3. Policy measures to deal with the issue of unreturnable 1F-excluded persons

3.4. Constraints on the Dutch approach posed by EU law and case law

3.5. Conclusion

4. Prosecution of those excluded under 1F(a) outside the

state of refuge

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Extradition of alleged génocidaires from Europe to Rwanda: a long, bumpy road

4.3. Factors determining the likelihood of future extraditions of excluded asylum seekers residing in the Netherlands 4.4. Conclusion

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5. Prosecution of those excluded under 1F(a) in the state

of refuge

5.1. Introduction 5.2. File analysis

5.3. The application of 1F in the Netherlands 5.4. The interpretation of Article 1F in Dutch policy 5.5. Extradition of excluded persons

5.6. Prosecution of excluded persons 5.7. Conclusion

6. Those excluded under 1F(b)

6.2. File analysis

6.3. The scope of Article 1F(b)

6.4. Who are excluded in the Netherlands on the basis of 1F(b)? 6.5. Article 1F(b) in Dutch policy and practice

6.6. What happens to those excluded under 1F(b)? 6.7. Conclusion

7. General discussion

7.3. Strengths and limitations of the study 7.4. Discussion

7.5. Implications for policy and practice 7.6. Directions for future research

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