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Problems of Protection : the UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Refugee Protection and UNHCR; 1. UNHCR at Fifty: Refugee Protection and World Politics; The Cold War Period; UNHCR and Its Focus on Repatriation; UNHCR and the Erosion of Refugee Protection; The Need to Raise the Protection Profile of UNHCR; The Need to Reverse the Erosion of Refugee Protection; 2. What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited; What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Posed at the Outset of a Decade of Refugees.
- UNHCR and Protection in the 90s: The Institutional Dimension of ProtectionMandate; Regional Strategies; Deepening the Concept of Protection; Institutional Issues; A Look Backward and Forward in 2002; Conclusion; 2. The Ethics of Refugee Protection; 3. The Legal and Ethical Obligations of UNHCR: The Case of Temporary Protection in Western Europe; The Legal and Ethical Framework; Principles; Pragmatic Concerns; The Human Rights Challenge in Europe; Temporary Protection; Background; UNHCR's Analysis on TP and the 1951 Convention; Deficient Protection.
- TP and UNHCR's Role in Developing International Refugee LawThe "Trump" of Political Considerations- Did UNHCR's TP Initiative Save Lives?; Gains in the South?; 4. Defining Persecution and Protection: The Cultural Relativism Debate and the Rights of Refugees; Human Rights and the Cultural Relativism Debate; Non-Western Values and "Universal" Human Rights; Prioritizing and Categorizing Human Rights; Cultural Relativism and Refugee Rights; "Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment"; Refugee Producers and Refugee Acceptors; Conclusion; 3. Legal and Institutional Protection of Refugees.
- 5. Refugee Protection in Troubled Times: Reflections on Institutional and Legal Developments at the CrossroadsShifting Priorities, Attitudes and Institutional Change; Challenges to the System of International Refugee Protection; Refugee Protection and the Link to Human Rights; International Legal Obligations; UN Human Rights Mechanisms and the Protection of Refugees; The Sub-Commission on Human Rights; The Work of the Treaty Bodies; Developments in International Criminal Law; Reparation and Compensation; Conclusion.
- 6. A Rare Opening in the Wall: The Growing Recognition of Gender-Based PersecutionGender-Based Persecution and International Protection; The Emergence of Refugee Women's Issues; Evolution of Thinking in Human Rights Law; Expanding the Scope of International Protection: The Adoption of the 1967 Protocol; The Failure of the 1977 Conference on Territorial Asylum to Codify an Individual's Right to Asylum; Implications for Gender-Based Protection from Persecution; 7. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the International Refugee Regime; A Bit of History; The Blossoming of Civil Society.