Casanas Adam, Elisenda

McCall-Smith, Kasey

Rioseco Vallejos, Valentina

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile

2026-04-24T15:47:31Z

2026-04-24

This thesis examines whether the domestic incorporation of human rights could support an effective solution to irregular migration. It stems from the recognition that the human rights-based approach to irregular migration is to open diverse and accessible pathways for regular migration. It also identifies a gap in the literature concerning the construction of these pathways to regular migration. Therefore, it uses the methodology of legal and doctrinal analysis to analyse part of the human rights framework protecting the entry of migrants and the obligations emanating from it. It also considers policy arguments and data obtained my civil society organisation. Specifically, it analyses the extent to which the principle of non-discrimination and the principle of non-refoulement protect the entry of migrants into a country that is not their country of origin. The analysis is focused on the interaction of human rights law at three different levels, namely the international level, the regional level and the domestic level. Particularly, it observes the Inter-American Human Rights System, which presents a number of distinctive features discussed in later chapters, and focuses on Chile as a case study.

https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/44593

https://doi.org/10.7488/era/7109

en

The University of Edinburgh. College of Humamities and Social Sciences

Rioseco Vallejos V, ‘Non-Incorporation of the Principle of Non-Refoulement in the Chilean Immigration and Aliens Law 21.325 of 20 April 2021’ (2023) 2 Human Rights in the Global South

Rioseco V V and Ramaciotti M. JP, ‘Tipificación Del Delito de Ingreso Clandestino: Análisis Normativo y Práctico Del Proyecto de Ley Boletín 15.261-25’ (2024) <https://www.politicasmigratorias.org/publicaciones/tipificacion-ingreso-clandestino> accessed 20 June 2025

Rioseco V V, ‘Propuestas Constitucionales: Acceso a La Nacionalidad y Voto Migrante’ (2024) <https://www.politicasmigratorias.org/publicaciones/propuestas constitucionales> accessed 22 June 2025

irregular migration

human rights law

international law

Chilean migration policy

migration law

ICRMW

ILO Convention

migrant workers

forced migration

non-refoulement

ILO Convention No. 143

non-discrimination

Inter-American human rights law

Incorporating a human rights-based approach to irregular migration: a Chilean case study

Thesis

Doctoral

PhD Doctor of Philosophy