The right to family reunification

  • Irina I. Esmantovich Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Saveckaja Street, Homieĺ 246019, Belarus
  • Natalya V. Kopytkova Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Saveckaja Street, Homieĺ 246019, Belarus

Abstract

The article examines the mechanisms for implementing the right to family reunification at the international and national level, concludes that the right to family reunification should be more clearly recorded in certain international acts, justifies the need to amend the legislation of the Republic of Belarus and unify the legislation of the CIS countries in order to implement the right to family reunification by persons who have received additional or temporary protection.

Author Biographies

Irina I. Esmantovich, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Saveckaja Street, Homieĺ 246019, Belarus

PhD (history), docent; dean of the faculty of law

Natalya V. Kopytkova, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 104 Saveckaja Street, Homieĺ 246019, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; head of the department of civil-law disciplines, faculty of law

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Published
2020-10-29
Keywords: family reunification, family member, migrant, foreign citizen, migration policy
How to Cite
Esmantovich, I. I., & Kopytkova, N. V. (2020). The right to family reunification. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations, 1, 34-39. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/internationalRelations/article/view/2845