Twin Rights : The Flying Dutchman Asymmetry in Question

Contemporary debates about whether the right of emigration entails a corresponding right of immigration often address this question in terms of a rights asymmetry. They focus on three interrelated aspects of rights theories which are at stake in international migration: (1) how rights relate to duties; (2) how the concept of a right depends upon its exercise; and (3) if certain rights entail other rights. This paper problematises the asymmetry and argues that one of the pioneering instantiations of individual rights in international law - the ius emigrandi, enshrined in the treaties of Westpha... Mehr ...