ISBN:
9789004144835
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxx, 598 p)
,
ill. (some col.), ports
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Online-Ressource Brill Nijhoff E-Books Collections. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ; International Law 2006-2008 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Refugees and human rights 10
Series Statement:
Refugees and human rights
Parallel Title:
Print version Human Rights and Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers
DDC:
323.3
Keywords:
Internally displaced persons Legal status, laws, etc
;
Refugees Legal status, laws, etc
;
Migrant labor Legal status, laws, etc
;
Migrant labor Civil rights
;
Human rights
;
Internally displaced persons Civil rights
;
Refugees Civil rights
Abstract:
Offers an examination of the major issues in the field: the theoretical challenges of international protection; jurisprudential responses from courts and treaty bodies on the rights; and more. This book brings together a group of experts, and tackles these subjects from the perspectives of theory, legal practice, and advocacy
Description / Table of Contents:
Table of Contents; Preface; Joan M. Fitzpatrick ; Arthur C. Helton; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Part I: The Challenges of International Protection; 1 What is Forced 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 (Boldizsár Nagy); 5 Living After Tragedy: The UN Baghdad Bomb One Year On (Gil Loescher); Part II: Lessons Learned
Description / Table of Contents:
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 Borders and Protection (Norah Niland); 10 Non-Refoulement Through Time: The Case for a Derogation Clause to the Refugees Convention in Mass Influx Emergencies (Jean-Francois Durleux and Jane McAdam); Part III: Rights and Responsabilities for Protection
Description / Table of Contents:
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 (Stephanie Farrior); 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)
Description / Table of Contents:
Part IV: Setting the Standards of Due Process17 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 ; 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 Seekers, and Refugees (Juan E. Méndez, Helena Olea, and Andreas Feldmann); Part V: The Case of Migration Workers; 20 Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers (Doug Cassel)
Description / Table of Contents:
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 on Unauthorized Immigrant Worker Rights: Seizing an Opportunity to Pull Governments Out of the Shadows (Beth Lyon); Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004144835.i-599
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