UID:
almafu_9958063244702883
Format:
1 online resource (629 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-39635-8
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9786612396359
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90-474-1766-6
Series Statement:
Refugees and human rights ; v. 10
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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What is forced migration? /
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Towards a comprehensive approach to protecting refugees and the internally displaced /
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(Mis)perception of refugees, state sovereignty and the continuing challenge of international protection /
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Frontiers of the sovereign /
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Living after tragedy : the UN Baghdad bomb one year on /
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Life with dignity : what is the minimum standard? /
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Emergency alibi /
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Again and again : the UN's betrayal of the internally displaced in South and Central Iraq, 1991-2003 /
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Taliban-run Afghanistan : the politics of closed borders and protection /
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Non-refoulement through time : the case for a derogation clause to the Refugee Convention in mass influx emergencies /
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Human rights refugees and the fate of minorities /
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Refugee jurisprudence, crimes against humanity and customary international law /
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Role of human rights bodies in protecting refugees /
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UN treaty bodies and the rights of women and girl refugees /
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Alvarez case and the rule of law /
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Protecting the right to family life in U.S. immigration proceedings : a fundamental right with a limited remedy /
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Are we headed in the right direction? the rules of procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in light of the experience of the European system /
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Stars and mud : the participation of refugee workers in refugee policy formation /
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International standards of due process for migrant workers, asylum seekers and refugees /
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Equal labor rights for undocumented migrant workers /
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Advocates should use applicable international standards to address violations of undocumented migrant workers' rights in the United States /
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New international human rights standards on unauthorized immigrant worker rights : seizing an opportunity to pull governments out of the shadows /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-04-14483-8
Language:
English
