Forced migration, human rights and security / edited by Jane McAdam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McAdam, Jane, 1974- editor.

Series:

Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ; v. 17.

Studies in international law ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forced migration.

Human rights.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The international protection regime for refugees and other forced migrants seems increasingly at risk as measures designed to enhance security-of borders, of people, of institutions, and of national identity-encroach upon human rights. This timely edited collection responds to some of the contemporary challenges faced by the international protection regime, with a particular focus on the human rights of those displaced. The book begins by assessing the impact of anti-terrorism laws on refugee status, both at the international and domestic levels, before turning to examine the function of offshore immigration control mechanisms and extraterritorial processing on asylum seekers' access to territory and entitlements (both procedural and substantive). It considers the particular needs and rights of children as forced migrants, but also as children; the role of human rights law in protecting religious minorities in the context of debates about national identity; the approaches of refugee decision-makers in assessing the credibility of evidence; and the scope for an international judicial commission to provide consistent interpretative guidance on refugee law, so as to overcome (or at least diminish) the currently diverse and sometimes conflicting approaches of national courts. The last part of the book examines the status of people who benefit from 'complementary protection'-such as those who cannot be removed from a country because they face a risk of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment-and the scope for the broader concept of the 'responsibility to protect' to address gaps in the international protection regime"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Forced migration : refugees, rights and security / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill

Resolution 1373 : a call to pre-empt Asylum Seekers? (or 'Osama, the Asylum Seeker') / Penelope Mathew

National security and 'non-refoulment' in New Zealand : commentary on 'Zaoui v Attorney-General (No 2)' / Rodger Haines Q. C.

Offshore barriers to Asylum Seeker movement : the exercise of power without responsibility? / Savitri Taylor

The legal and ethical implications of extraterritorial processing of Asylum Seekers : the 'safe third country' concept / Susan Kneebone

Re-thinking the paradigms of protection : children as convention refugees in Australia / Mary Crock

Wearing thin : restrictions on Islamic headscarves and other religious symbols / Ben Saul

Subjectivity and refugee fact-finding / Arthur Glass

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

The refugee convention as a rights blueprint for persons in need of international protection / Jane McAdam

The responsibility to protect : closing the gaps in the international protection regime / Erika Feller.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611761370

9781472564283

1472564286

9781281761378

1281761370

9781847314147

1847314147

OCLC:

560616851