Refugee protection in international law : UNHCR's global consultations on international protection / edited by Erika Feller, Volker Turk, and Frances Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feller, Erika, editor.

Türk, Volker, editor.

Nicholson, Frances, editor.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc--Congresses.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lix, 717 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Millions of people are today forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, systematic discrimination, or other forms of persecution. The core instruments on which they must rely to secure international protection are the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. This book examines key challenges that the Convention faces, including the scope of the principle of non-refoulement and the proper application of the elements of the refugee definition. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commissioned papers on these issues from some of the world's pre-eminent international refugee lawyers, discussed at a series of expert roundtable meetings during 2001 as part of UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection. The papers and roundtable conclusions are published here, together with an introduction and the landmark declaration of the 2001 Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the Convention and/or Protocol.

Contents:

pt. I. Introduction. Refugee protection in international law: an overall perspective / Volker Türk and Frances Nicholson ; Age and gender dimensions in international refugee law / Alice Edwards ; Declaration of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the status of refugees

pt. II. Non-refoulement (Article 33 of the 1951 Convention). The scope and content of the principle of non-refoulement: opinion / Eli Lauterpacht and Daniel Bethlehem ; Summary conclusions: the principle of non-refoulement, expert roundtable, Cambridge, July 2001

pt. III. Illegal entry (Article 31). Article 31 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: non-penalization, detention and protection / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill ; Summary conclusions

Article 31 of the 1951 Convention, expert roundtable, Geneva, November 2001

pt. IV. Membership of a particular social group (Article 1A(2)). Protected characteristics and social perceptions: an analysis of the meaning of 'membership of a particular social group'/ T. Alexander Aleinikoff ; Summary conclusions: membership of a particular social group, expert roundtable, San Remo, September 2001

pt. V. Gender-related persecution (Article 1A(2)). Gender-related persecution / Rodger Haines ; Summary conclusions: gender-related persecution, expert roundtable, San Remo, September 2001

pt. VI. Internal protection/relocation/flight alternative. Internal protection/relocation/flight alternative as an aspect of refugee status determination / James Hathaway and Michelle Foster ; Summary conclusions: internal protection/relocation/flight alternative, expert roundtable, San Remo, September 2001

pt. VII. Exclusion (Article 1F). Current issues in the application of the exclusion clauses / Geoff Gilbert ; Summary conclusions: exclusion from refugee status, expert roundtable, Lisbon, May 2001

pt. VIII. Cessation (Article 1C). Cessation of refugee protection / Joan Fitzpatrick and Rafael Bonoan ; Summary conclusions: cessation of refugee status, expert roundtable, Lisbon, May 2001

pt. IX. Family unity (Final Act, 1951 UN Conference). Family unity and refuge protection / Kate Jastram and Kathleen Newland ; Summary conclusions: family unity, expert roundtable, Geneva, November 2001

pt. X. Supervisory responsibility (Article 35). Supervising the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: Article 35 and beyond / Walter Kälin ; Summary conclusions: supervisory responsibility, expert roundtable, Cambridge, July 2001

Annexes. Status of ratifications of key international instruments which include a non-refoulement component ; Constitutional and legislative provisions importing the principle of non-refoulement into municiple law ; Incorporation of Article 31 of the 1951 Convention into municipal law: selected legislation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13775-6

1-280-43109-1

0-511-06248-6

0-511-17934-0

0-511-20325-X

0-511-30710-1

0-511-49397-5

0-511-07094-2

OCLC:

252506956