| Description |
xxix, 391 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. The evolving refugee definition. 1. The refugee definition as law: issues of interpretation / Daniel J. Steinbock. 2. The Geneva refugee definition and the 'theory of the three scales' / Jean-Yves Carlier. 3. Who is a refugee? The Convention definition: universal or obsolete? / Jerzy Sztucki. 4. Beyond the Geneva Convention: constructing a de facto right of asylum from international human rights instruments / Richard Plender and Nuala Mole. 5. Rethinking the refugee concept / Patricia Tuitt. 6. Taking the 'political' out of asylum: the legal containment of refugees' political activism / Prakash Shah. 7. Refugee definitions in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States / Claire Messina -- Pt. 2. The developing role of the UNHCR. 8. The role of UNHCR in the development of international refugee law / Volker Turk. 9. UNHCR as leader in humanitarian assistance: a triumph of politics over law? / S. Alex Cunliffe and Michael Pugh. 10. In-country protection: out of bounds for UNHCR? / Erin D. Mooney. 11. Refugee identity and protection's fading prospect / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill -- Pt. 3. State responses and individual rights. 12. The refugee state and state protection / Daniel Warner. 13. Non-admission policies and the right to protection: refugees' choice versus states' exclusion? / Jens Vedsted-Hansen. 14. Early warning and prevention: the United Nations and Rwanda / Howard Adelman -- Pt. 4. The European Regime. 15. The impetus to harmonise: asylum policy in the European Union / Elspeth Guild. 16. A new asylum regime in Europe / Daniele Joly. 17. Is there a need for a European asylum policy? / Cornelis D. de Jong.nd Behavioral Ther |
| Summary |
"This volume on international refugee law and policy assesses the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and the often contrasting reality of state practice. It brings together contributions from seventeen experts, drawn from a variety of professions and disciplines, including lawyers, NGO advisors and political scientists."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Refugees |
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Human rights |
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International law |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Asylum, Right of.
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| Genre/Form |
Ebook
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| Author |
Nicholson, Frances.
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Twomey, Patrick M.
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| LC no. |
98043632 |
| ISBN |
052163282X hb |
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