Assessing Asylum Claims in Africa: Missing or Meeting Standards?

Abuya, Edwin Odhiambo; Wachira, George Mukundi

doi:10.1017/s0165070x06001719

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“…As stated, the empirical material informs our quest to develop an alternative theoretical understanding of body politics in the context of asylum interviews. Similar studies of the link between the institutional logic of the assessment of asylum applications and body politics do exist (see, for example, Abuya and Mukundi, 2006; Bögner et al, 2010; Bohmer and Shuman, 2007; Eades, 2009; Kelly, 1993; Shuman and Bohmer, 2004; Thomas, 2006; Wettergren and Wikström, 2014; Wikström, 2014). However, most of those studies either focus on the experiences of asylum seekers or rely on analyzing verdicts or adjudication procedures omitting the interpersonal and corporeal dimensions that nonetheless lie at the core of the evaluation process (but see Coutin, 2001; Granhag et al, 2005).…”

Section: The Theory and Practice Of Asylum Interviews As Communicative Actsmentioning

confidence: 69%

Does the body matter? Determining the right to asylum and the corporeality of political communication

Puumala

Kynsilehto

2015

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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Analyses of political agency often take the Habermasian notion of an ideal speech situation and its related discourse ethics as the ultimate model of politically relevant communication. Our examination of Finnish asylum officers’ perspectives on their work leads us to consider the asylum interview as an event of the political, an event of the body politic. Our interest lies in acts of communication that go beyond speech, which necessitates an engagement with the corporeal element of communication. Based on our data, we show how a focus on spoken communication alone fails to capture manifold ways in which the encounter between asylum officers and asylum applicant produces the political. We argue that taking corporeality seriously would enhance our understanding of what is at stake in this encounter and also beyond it.

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Section: The Theory and Practice Of Asylum Interviews As Communicative Actsmentioning

confidence: 69%

Does the body matter? Determining the right to asylum and the corporeality of political communication

Puumala

Kynsilehto

2015

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…Ei-kielellistä viestintää ja sen merkityksiä puhutteluissa on käsitelty pääasiassa liittyen uskottavuuden arviointiin ja menettelyn taustalla vaikuttaviin käsityksiin tiedosta (esim. Herlihy & Turner 2009;Magalhaes 2016;Abuya & Mukundi 2006;Bögner ym. 2010;Bohmer & Shuman 2007;Eades 2009;Kelly 1993;Shuman & Bohmer 2004;Thomas 2006;Wettergren & Wikström 2014;Wikström 2014).…”

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Rajojen biopolitiikka : tiedollinen alttius turvapaikkapuhutteluissa

Puumala¹

2018

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“…Reasons must thus be given by the information holder, and the requestor informed. 122 The yardstick for determining whether an outcome satisfies the requirements of a decision is whether the reasons clearly demonstrate that an information holder has applied legal principles to the request (Abuya and Mukundi, 2006). 123 This is a requirement in several countries.…”

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Abuya

2017

Common Law World Review

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The right of access to information (ATI) is fundamental to any country that is governed by the rule of law. Indeed, there is a link between transparency and good governance, on the one hand, and ATI, on the other hand. The Constitution of Kenya recognizes this key entitlement. But Parliament was yet to pass comprehensive domestic law that would regulate this fundamental right. Notwithstanding this ‘gap’, courts have engaged with applications seeking information. Efforts by judges to flesh out the constitutional provision have led to the development of jurisprudence in this area of law in Kenya. This article shows that, while courts have made significant steps to operationalize the right of ATI in the country, basic legal steps have to be taken for this right to enjoyed fully. To conclude, the article makes specific recommendations.

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Assessing Asylum Claims in Africa: Missing or Meeting Standards?

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Does the body matter? Determining the right to asylum and the corporeality of political communication

Does the body matter? Determining the right to asylum and the corporeality of political communication

Rajojen biopolitiikka : tiedollinen alttius turvapaikkapuhutteluissa

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