The Refugee in International LawThe situation of refugees is now one of the most pressing and urgent problems facing the international community and refugee law has grown in recent years to a subject of global importance. In this long-awaited second edition, each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and every issue, old and new, has received fresh analysis. Features of this new edition include: extensive additional annexes; coverage of new subjects, including internally displaced persons; so-called preventive protection; access to refugees; safety of refugees and relief personnel; the situation of refugee women and children; a detailed examination of the role of the UNHCR; an assessment of the protection possibilities (or lack of them) in the European Convention on Human Rights, and the current situation and possible future problems for Palestinians and emphasis on the decision-making process. |
Contents
DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION | 3 |
Refugees in the sense of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 | 18 |
Refugees and international obligations | 25 |
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1951 Convention accordance adopted Annexe application for asylum appropriate Article Assembly assistance asylum seekers authorities co-operation Commissioner for Refugees concerned considered Contracting Party Convention refugee Council of Europe country of origin Court crime Declaration displaced persons durable solutions ensure European Convention extradition fear of persecution Geneva Convention Governments grant asylum habitual residence High Commissioner Human Rights humanitarian ibid IJRL Immigration individual internally displaced internally displaced persons international law International Protection issue Member Nations High Commissioner obligations offence Organization paragraph paras political principle of non-refoulement problems procedures programmes Protocol reasons recognized refoulement refugee children refugee status refugee women refugees and asylum relevant Report request resettlement respect responsibility right of asylum Secretary-General Session situation stateless Stateless Persons Status of Refugees Territorial Asylum tion travel documents treaty UN doc UNGA res UNHCR United Kingdom United Nations United Nations High visa voluntary repatriation well-founded fear