Program Overview

Program Overview

The JST512 Refugees, Governance and Asylum Policy subject provides an overview of refugee governance and asylum policy at international, regional, and national levels. The development of international humanitarian governance of asylum seekers and refugees forms the basis of study. Case studies will include Australian, European, and North American examples, as well as policies in less developed countries.

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject duration is two sessions.

School

The subject is offered by the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security.

Enrolment Restrictions

The subject is available to Master's level students only.

Subject Relationships

• JST527: Prerequisite
• JST475: Incompatible
• JST525: Incompatible
• JST526: Prerequisite

Incompatible Subjects

• JST475
• JST525

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relationship of refugee and asylum policy to mechanisms of international, regional, and domestic governance
• be able to critically evaluate the influence of international refugee and humanitarian law on asylum policy
• be able to contrast Australia's approach to asylum policy with that of other states
• be able to discuss the divergences and commonalities in asylum policy between developed and less developed states

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Evolution of refugee governance
• International humanitarian systems
• Conventions, treaties, optional protocols, cases, and other sources
• Refugee and Asylum Seeker Status Determination in international and regional perspectives
• Refugee Protection and Domestic Governance
• Directions in Refugee governance
• Key developments in refugee policy in relation to undocumented arrivals in the developed world Students will focus on a number of contemporary case studies in a range of countries.