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32 Wis. Int'l L.J. 355 (2014)
Limitations of the Customary International Principle of Non-Refoulement on Non-Party States: Thailand Repatriates the Remaining Hmong-Lao Regardless of International Norms

handle is hein.journals/wisint32 and id is 371 raw text is: LIMITATIONS OF THE CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL PRINCIPLE OF NON-REFOULEMENT ON NON-PARTY STATES: THAILAND REPATRIATES THE REMAINING HMONG-LAO REGARDLESS OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS JERRY VANG Introduction .................................. ......356 I. History & Background .................................358 A. The Hmong .......................... ......358 B. The Secret War: The Hmong's Fight against Communism during the Vietnam War.......... ..........358 C. United States Withdraws from Laos ........................359 D. Hmong-Lao Seeking Asylum in Thailand ....... .....360 E. The Closing of the Thai Refugee Camps and the Start of Repatriation ........................... .....362 II. The International Legal Framework for Protecting Refugees........365 A. The Definition of Refugee under the Refugee Convention ............................ .....366 B. Refugee Status under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ............. .........370 C. The Customary International Legal Principle of Non- Refoulement ........................... .....371 III. Thailand Violated the Non-Refoulement Principle when It Repatriated Thousands of Hmong-Lao from its Border in 2009 ...373 A. Many Hmong-Lao Satisfied the Criteria under the Inclusion Clause of the Refugee Definition ..... ......373 B. Many Hmong-Lao Maintained Their Refugee Status.........376 C. Many Hmong-Lao Did Not Voluntarily Repatriate to Laos ....................... ...............378 IV. Limitations in Making Non-Party States Abide by the Non- Refoulement Principle .................... ..........380 V. Conclusion ................................. .....383 Jerry B. Vang is an attorney at Wisconsin Judicare in Wausau, Wisconsin. His practice includes consumer protection law, family law, landlord-tenant law, and public housing regulations. He received his doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May of 2013.