Human rights and refugees, internally displaced persons, and migrant workers : : essays in memory of Joan Fitzpatrick and Arthur Helton / / edited by Anne F. Bayefsky.

• TeilnehmendeR: Bayefsky, Anne F.; Fitzpatrick, Joan, 1950-2003.; Helton, Arthur C.
• 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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Anne F. Bayefsky -- 1 What Is Forces Migration? / Arthur C. Helton and Eliana Jacobs -- 2 Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Protecting Refugees and the Internally Displaced / Monette Zard -- 3 (Mis)perception of Refugees, State Sovereignty, and the Continuing Challenge of International Protection / Brian Gorlick -- 4 The Frontiers of the Sovereign / Boldizsar Nagy -- 5 Living after Tragedy: the UN Baghdad Bomb One Year on / Gil Loescher -- 6 Life with Dignity: What Is the Minimum Standard? / Gerald Martone -- 7 The Emergency Alibi / Gerald Martone and Hope Neighbor -- 8 Again and Again: the UN’s Betrayal of the Internally Displaced in South and Central Iraq, 1991-2003 / John Fawcett and Victor Tanner -- 9 Taliban-run Afghanistan: the Politics of Closed Border and Protection / Norah Niland -- 10 Non-Refoulement through Time: the Case for a Derogation Clause to the Refugee Convention in Mass Influx Emergencies / Jean-Francois Durieux and Jane Mcadam -- 11 Human Rights, Refugees, and the Fate of Minorities / Bernard F. Hamilton -- 12 Refugee Jurisprudence, Crimes against Humanity, and Customary International Law / Ronald C. Slye -- 13 The Role of Human Rights Bodies in Protecting Refugees / Chaloka Beyani -- 14 International Human Rights Treaties and the Rights of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers by Stephanie Farrior / Anne F. Bayefsky -- 15 The Alvarez Case and the Rule of Law / Paul L. Hoffman -- 16 Protecting the Right to Family Life in U.S. Immigration Proceedings: a Fundamental Right with a Limited Remedy / William J. Aceves -- 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 / Christina M. Cerna -- 18 Stars and Mud: the Participation of Refugee Workers in Refugee Policy Formation / David Matas -- 19 International Standards of Due Process for Migrant Workers, Asylum Seekersm and Refugees / Juan E. Mendez , Helena Olea and Andreas Feldmann -- 20 Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers / Doug Cassel -- 21 Advocates Should Use Applicable International Standards to Address Violations of Undocumented Migrant Workers’ Rights in the United States / Connie De La Vega and Conchita Lozano-Batista -- 22 New International Human Rights Standards in Unauthorized Immigrant Worker Rights: Seizing an Opportunity to Pull Governments Out of the Shadows / Beth Lyon -- Index / Anne F. Bayefsky.