Reconceiving International Refugee Law.

• Superior document: Nijhoff Law Specials Series ; v.30
• Author: Hathaway, James C.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1997.; ©1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff Law Specials Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Preface: Can International Refugee Law be Made Relevant Again? -- 1. The Demise of the Interest-Convergence -- 2. The Politics of Non-Entrée -- 3. The "Right to Remain" -- 4. Relegation of Burdens to the South -- 5. Principles for a New Paradigm of Refugee Protection -- 6. Toward the Reformulation of International Refugee Law -- I. Temporary Protection -- 1. Why Temporary Protection Should be Considered -- 2. How to Render Temporary Protection Humane -- 2.1 Responding to the Vulnerabilities of Refugees -- 2.2 The Refugee Family -- 2.3 Social Organization -- 2.4 Interaction with the Local Community -- 3. How Temporary Protection Should be Structured -- 3.1 Designating the State of Temporary Protection -- 3.2 The Duration of Temporary Protection -- 4. How Temporary Protection Should be Brought to an End -- Insights from Refugee Experience: A Background Paper on Temporary Protection -- 1. Becoming a Refugee: Desocialization and Dematuration Issues -- 2. Staff-Inmate Relations: Interaction, Communication and Information Problems -- 3. Reactions, Adaptations, and Adjustments -- 4. Aspects of Temporariness: Attitudes Towards Time and Space -- 5. Other Aspects of Camp Experience: Grief and Anxiety -- 6. Interim Conclusions and Qualifications -- Issues for Discussion -- II. Repatriation Aid and Development Assistance -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Assessing the Contemporary Status of International Efforts Concerning Refugee/Returnee Aid and Development -- 2.1 Evolution of Solutions to the Refugee Problem -- 2.2 The Need for Change -- 2.3 Orthodoxy Questioned -- 2.4 The Myth of Inter-Agency Cooperation -- 2.5 In Search of the Locus of the Gap -- 2.6 The Weaknesses of the "Innovative Models" -- 2.7 Inclusion of Areas of Return in National Plans of Development.

3. Temporary Protection and its Relation to Repatriation Aid and Development -- 3.1 Basic Principles -- 3.2 Local Development Institutional Structures in Temporary Protection -- 3.3 RDCs and Preparation for Repatriation -- 4. Returnee Aid and Development -- 4.1 Initial Considerations -- 4.2 Voluntary Repatriation as the Optimal Solution -- 4.3 Returnee Aid and Development -- 4.4 Country of Origin Repatriation Planning -- 4.5 Aid Strategy Upon Restoration of Peace -- 4.6 Development Councils -- 5. Conclusions -- Postscript: Reply to Critiques -- Issues for Discussion -- III. Responsibility Sharing -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The International Refugee Regime -- 2. Cases from Half a Century (1945-1995) -- 2.1 European Refugees -- 2.2 African Refugees -- 2.3 Latin American Refugees -- 2.4 Asian Refugees -- 2.4.1 South Asia -- 2.4.2 Southeast Asia -- 3. Analysis of Concepts and Practice -- 3.1 Policy Issues of Reform -- 3.2 Theoretical Issues of Reform -- Issues for Discussion -- IV. Fiscal Burden Sharing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Refugees and Security -- 3. Three Conceptions of Burden Sharing -- 4. Conclusions -- Table 1: Financial Contributions from Western Countries to the UNHCR -- Issues for Discussion -- Afterword: Assessing the Prospects for Reform of International Refugee Law -- 1. Temporary Protection -- 2. Repatriation Aid and Development Assistance -- 3. Responsibility Sharing -- 4. Fiscal Burden Sharing -- 5. Conclusions -- Bibliography.