Refugee condition and their human rights in the XXI century in Brazil

Abstract

The present study aims the Refugees who leave their native or residency country searching for a new life elsewhere.  As the problematic we underline the following question: how are the human rights of the refugees granted at the present time? The hypothesis we propose is that despite of the stagnation of the Institute of Refuge at the end of the XX century, currently with legislation and public policy evolution, Brazil has been searching for means of strengthen the protection of the humanitarian rights to the refugees. The general objective consists of the analysis about how the human rights are granted to the refugees that come to Brazil in this century. The specific objectives are: to briefly present the historic evolution of the human rights, the Brazilian legislation regarding the refugees as well as the regulator and coordinator office for the refugees (CONARE) and to enlighten the development of the human rights and the measures taken in the XXI century regarding the protection and support to the refugees in Brazil. The concepts used have as theoretical framework the national and international law about refugees and national and international legal theory. The methodology was bibliographical review using as delimitation: time window of XXI century and geographic window the refugees that wished to settle in Brazil.