The UNHCR and the supervision of international refugee law / edited by James C. Simeon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simeon, James C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Refugees.

Political refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Political refugees.

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 July 28).

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 359 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

The UNHCR & the Supervision of International Refugee Law

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and its 1967 Protocol, and many other important international instruments recognize the unique role the UNHCR plays in protecting refugees and supervising international refugee law. This in-depth analysis of the UNHCR's supervisory role in the international refugee protection regime examines the part played by key institutions, organizations and actors in the supervision of international refugee law. It provides suggestions and recommendations on how the UNHCR's supervisory role can be strengthened to ensure greater State Parties' compliance to their obligations under these international refugee rights treaties, and contributes to enhancing the international protection of refugees and to the promotion of a democratic global governance of the international refugee protection regime.

Contents:

Introduction. Searching for ways to enhance the UNHCR's capacity to supervise international refugee law / James C. Simeon

The UNHCR's role in supervising international protection standards in the context of its mandate / Volker Türk

The limits to the UNHCR's supervisory role / Michael Barutciski

The governance question : the UNHCR, the Refugee Convention and the international refugee regime / Martin Jones

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's relationship with the UNHCR : a factor of international protection / Brian Goodman

The contribution of the judiciary to the protection of asylum seekers in the UK and the EU / Nicholas Blake

The impact of international law and domestic human rights law on Canada's judicial supervision of the 1951 Refugee Convention / Russel W. Zinn and Benjamin N. Perryman

Judicial experience with the Geneva Convention in Germany and Europe / Harald Dörig

Peter Pan's fairies and genie bottles : UNHCR, the UN Human Rights Treaty bodies and 'complementary supervision' / Alice Edwards

Are there lessons for the Geneva Convention from the supervision of economic, social and cultural rights? : UN and Council of Europe perspectives? / Elspeth Guild and Claude Cahn

Towards convergence in the interpretation of the Refugee Convention : a proposal for the establishment of an International Judicial Commission for Refugees / Anthony M. North and Joyce Chia

Identifying creative entry points for refugee protection : recent lessons from the Asia-Pacific Region / Vitit Muntarbhorn

International protection and public accountability : the roles of civil society / Sriprapha Petcharamesree

Non-state actors and UNHCR's supervisory role in international relations / Osamu Arakaki

The NGO role in supervising the application of the Convention : and beyond / Tom Clark

Monitoring and supervising international refugee law : building the capacity to enhance international protection and democratic global governance of the International Refugee Protection Regime / James C. Simeon.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781139137225

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