nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7ed84996bca17cba DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240229s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7ed84996bca17cba doi eng 342 23 Briddick, Catherine Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-7754-4784 When Treaties are Forbidden Briddick, Catherine Verfassungsblog 2024-02-29 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A few months ago the UK’s Supreme Court held that the Secretary of State’s policy to remove protection seekers to Rwanda to have their claims determined there was unlawful. The British government responded to this decision with a Treaty and Bill that seek to legislate the fiction, or indeed, the falsehood, of Rwanda’s safety. This move demonstrates the fragility of the rule of law, both domestically and internationally. Addressing the latter, this essay shifts focus from domestic challenges to international ones, exploring whether STCs could be contested as ‘forbidden treaties’. CC BY-SA 4.0 Extra- Territorial Asylum Processing jus cogens Non Refoulement Off-Shoring Asylum Rwanda Policy Safety of Rwanda Bill Treaty Making Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/when-treaties-are-forbidden/ raw object