The refugee in international law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodwin-Gill, Guy S., author.

McAdam, Jane, 1974- author.

Series:

Oxford public international law.

Oxford public international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Millions of people are forced to flee their homes as a result of various forms of persecution. The instruments to secure international protection are the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. This book examines challenges to the Convention.

Contents:

1 The refugee in international law

Part 1: Refugees

2 Refugees defined and described

3 Determination of refugee status: analysis and application

4 Loss and denial of refugee status and its benefits

Part 2: Asylum

5 The principle of non-refoulement- Part 1

6. The Principle of non-refoulement- Part 2

7 Protection under human rights and general international law

8 The concept of asylum

Part 3: Protection

9 International protection

10 International cooperation, protection, and solutions

11 Treaty standards and their implementation in national law

12 Displacement related to the impacts of disasters and climate change

13 Nationality, statelessness, and protection

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 24, 2021).

ISBN:

0-19-184654-6

0-19-253650-8

9780192536501 (electronic book)