The law of refugee status
By: Hathaway, James C
Title By: Foster, Michelle
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: lxxxi, 693 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781107688421; 9781107012516Subject(s): Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human RightsDDC classification: 341.486 HA LA Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 341.486 HA LA (Browse shelf) | Available | T0056865 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Alienage; 2. Well-founded fear; 3. Serious harm; 4. Failure of state protection; 5. Nexus to civil or political status; 6. Persons no longer needing protection; 7. Persons not deserving protection.
"Refugee law may be the world's most powerful international human rights mechanism. Not only do millions of people invoke its protections every year in countries spanning the globe, but they do so on the basis of a self-actuating mechanism of international law that, quite literally, allows at-risk persons to vote with their feet. This is because, as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR") has insisted, refugee status is not a status that is granted by states; it is rather simply recognized by them"--