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In Flight from Conflict and Violence: UNHCR´s Consultations on Refugee Status and Other Forms of International Protection
Edited By Volker T
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Description for In Flight from Conflict and Violence: UNHCR´s Consultations on Refugee Status and Other Forms of International Protection
hardcover. Leading scholars and practitioners address the challenges in the adjudication of refugee claims from those fleeing violence and conflict. Editor(s): Turk, Volker; Edwards, Alice; Wouters, Cornelis. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFD; LBBS; LNDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
The impact of violence and conflict on refugee status determination and international protection is a key developing field. Given the contemporary dynamics of armed conflict, how to interpret and apply the refugee definitions at global and regional levels is increasingly relevant to governmental policy-makers, decision-makers, legal practitioners, academics and students. This book will provide a comprehensive analysis of the global and regional refugee instruments as they apply to claimants in flight from situations of armed violence and conflict, exploring their interrelationship and how they are interpreted and applied (or should be applied). As part of a broader United Nations High ... Read more
The impact of violence and conflict on refugee status determination and international protection is a key developing field. Given the contemporary dynamics of armed conflict, how to interpret and apply the refugee definitions at global and regional levels is increasingly relevant to governmental policy-makers, decision-makers, legal practitioners, academics and students. This book will provide a comprehensive analysis of the global and regional refugee instruments as they apply to claimants in flight from situations of armed violence and conflict, exploring their interrelationship and how they are interpreted and applied (or should be applied). As part of a broader United Nations High ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107171992
SKU
V9781107171992
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-16
About Edited By Volker T
Volker Turk is United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection. Alice Edwards is Head of the Secretariat of the Convention against Torture Initiative. Cornelis Wouters is the senior refugee law advisor at the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva.
Reviews for In Flight from Conflict and Violence: UNHCR´s Consultations on Refugee Status and Other Forms of International Protection
'In short, this collection features high-quality contributions from all the contributors. Read together with the more recently published Guidelines No 12, its individual chapters go a long way to overcoming the 'war flaw' and providing a new framework for understanding armed conflict cases.' Hugo Storey, International Journal of Refugee Law `In short, this collection features high-quality contributions from all the ... Read more