Human rights and refugees, internally displaced persons, and migrant workers : : essays in memory of Joan Fitzpatrick and Arthur Helton / / edited by Anne F. Bayefsky.
An extraordinary volume with 28 of the world's leading refugee and human rights scholars and advocates in a wide-ranging examination of the major issues in the field today: the theoretical challenges of international protection; lessons learned from the field including Afghanistan, Iraq and Sud...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : M. Nijhoff. c2006. |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Refugees and human rights ;
v. 10 Refugees and Human Rights 10. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (629 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Other title: | Preliminary Material / 1 What Is Forces Migration? / 2 Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Protecting Refugees and the Internally Displaced / 3 (Mis)perception of Refugees, State Sovereignty, and the Continuing Challenge of International Protection / 4 The Frontiers of the Sovereign / 5 Living after Tragedy: the UN Baghdad Bomb One Year on / 6 Life with Dignity: What Is the Minimum Standard? / 7 The Emergency Alibi / 8 Again and Again: the UN’s Betrayal of the Internally Displaced in South and Central Iraq, 1991-2003 / 9 Taliban-run Afghanistan: the Politics of Closed Border and Protection / 10 Non-Refoulement through Time: the Case for a Derogation Clause to the Refugee Convention in Mass Influx Emergencies / 11 Human Rights, Refugees, and the Fate of Minorities / 12 Refugee Jurisprudence, Crimes against Humanity, and Customary International Law / 13 The Role of Human Rights Bodies in Protecting Refugees / 14 International Human Rights Treaties and the Rights of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers by Stephanie Farrior / 15 The Alvarez Case and the Rule of Law / 16 Protecting the Right to Family Life in U.S. Immigration Proceedings: a Fundamental Right with a Limited Remedy / 17 Are We Headed in the Right Direction? Reflections on the New (2001) Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Light of the Experience of the European System / 18 Stars and Mud: the Participation of Refugee Workers in Refugee Policy Formation / 19 International Standards of Due Process for Migrant Workers, Asylum Seekersm and Refugees / 20 Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers / 21 Advocates Should Use Applicable International Standards to Address Violations of Undocumented Migrant Workers’ Rights in the United States / 22 New International Human Rights Standards in Unauthorized Immigrant Worker Rights: Seizing an Opportunity to Pull Governments Out of the Shadows / Index / |
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Summary: | An extraordinary volume with 28 of the world's leading refugee and human rights scholars and advocates in a wide-ranging examination of the major issues in the field today: the theoretical challenges of international protection; lessons learned from the field including Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan; jurisprudential responses from courts and treaty bodies on the rights and responsibilities of protection; due process issues from Europe, Canada and the United States, and the special needs of migrant workers. The book brings together a unique group of experts including UNHCR officials, legal academics and practitioners, and uniquely tackles these crucial subjects from the perspectives of theory, legal practice, and advocacy. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1282396358 9786612396359 9047417666 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Anne F. Bayefsky. |