In flight from conflict and violence : UNHCR's consultations on refugee status and other forms of international protection / edited by Volker Türk, Alice Edwards, Cornelis Wouters.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Türk, Volker, editor.

Edwards, Alice, editor.

Wouters, C. W. (Cornelis Wolfram), editor.

Christine Hikawa Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Refugees.

Refugees--Protection--International cooperation.

War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.

War victims.

Refugees--Protection.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 306 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"The impact of violence and conflict on refugee status determination and international protection is a key developing field. Given the contemporary dynamics of armed conflict, how to interpret and apply the refugee definitions at global and regional levels is increasingly relevant to governmental policy-makers, decision-makers, legal practitioners, academics and students. This book will provide a comprehensive analysis of the global and regional refugee instruments as they apply to claimants in flight from situations of armed violence and conflict, exploring their interrelationship and how they are interpreted and applied (or should be applied). As part of a broader United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees project to develop guidelines on the interpretation and application of international refugee law instruments to claimants fleeing armed conflict and other situations of violence, it includes contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in this field as well as emerging authors with specific expertise"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book will provide a comprehensive analysis of the global and regional refugee instruments as they apply to claimants in flight from situations of armed violence and conflict, exploring their inter- relationship and how they are interpreted and applied (or should be applied). As part of a broader UNHCR project to develop guidelines on the interpretation and application of international refugee law instruments to claimants fleeing armed conflict and other situations of violence, it includes contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in this field as well as emerging authors with specific expertise"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by Filippo Grandi

Introduction / Volker Türk, Alice Edwards and Cornelis Wouters

The causes, character and conduct of internal armed conflict and the effects on civilian populations, 1990-2010 / Theo Farrell and Olivier Schmitt

The 1951 Refugee Convention and the protection of people fleeing armed conflict and other situations of violence / Vanessa Holzer

Relationship between the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1969 OAU Convention on Refugees: a historical perspective / Bonaventura Rutinwa

The 1969 OAU Refugee Convention in the context of individual refugee status determination / Marina Sharpe

The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees and the protection of people fleeing: armed conflict and other situations of violence in Latin America / Michael Reed-Hutardo

Women and girls fleeing conflict: gender and the interpretation and application of the 1951 Refugee Convention / Valerie Oosterveld

Children fleeing conflict: age and the interpretation and application of the 1951 Refugee Convention / Rachel Brett, Margaret Brett and Haifa Rashed

Protection in the European Union for people fleeing indiscriminate violence in armed conflict: Article 15(c) of the EU Qualification Directive / Madeline Garlick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.

ISBN:

9781107171992

1107171997

9781316623091

1316623092

OCLC:

960940268