• Preface
• At the crossroads : the 1951 Geneva Convention today / Julian M. Lehmann
• The 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa / Tamara Wood
• Internally displaced persons and international refugee law / Brídi Ní Ghráinne
• In-country programs : the procedure and politics of an additional pathway to protection / Claire Higgins
• Temporary protection of forced migrants / Meltem Ineli-Ciger
• Burden sharing in refugee law / Eddie Bruce-Jones
• The rise of consensual containment : from 'contractless control' to 'contractless responsibility' for migratory flows / Mariagiulia Giuffré and Violeta Moreno-Lax
• Responsibility-sharing in Latin America / Stefania Eugenia Barichello
• The internal protection alternative and its relation to refugee status / Jessica Schultz
• Gatekeepers of asylum : UK country guidance, indiscriminate violence and internal relocation / Satvinder S. Juss and Jeni Mitchell
• International models of deterrence and the future of access to asylum / Nikolas Feith Tan
• What is the future of non-refoulement in international refugee law / James C. Simeon
• Constructive refoulement / Penelope Mathew
• The prosecution of asylum seekers / Yewa Holiday
• Australia and the Refugee Convention / Savitri Taylor
• The rights to refugee family reunion / Emily Darling
• The art of drawing lines : future behaviour and refugee status / Janna Wessels
• Some other(ed) 'refugees'? : women seeking asylum under refugee and human rights law / Catherine Briddick
• The rights of women seeking asylum : procedural and evidential barriers to protection / Nora Honkala
• Sexual orientation and refugee law : how do legal sanctions criminalizing homosexuality engage the definition of persecution? / Tawseef Khan
• Human trafficking and refugee law / Valdislava Stoyanova
• Climate refugees and the 1951 Convention / Matthew Scott
• New directions in article 1D jurisprudence : greater barriers for Palestinian refugees seeking the benefits of the Refugee Convention / Kate Ogg
• The war on terror and refugee law / Sarah Singer
• The exclusion clauses in refugee law / Joseph Rikhof
• The removal of undesirable asylum seekers / Joris van Wijk and Maarten Bolhuis
• Reviewing review : the standard of review in asylum decision-making / Rowena Moffatt.

In recent years the UNHCR has expressed increasing concern at how war, violence and persecution have resulted in an age of unprecedented mass displacement. The global financial crisis, the rise of populist leaders, and the growth of anti-EU parties, raises the need to interrogate the 'refugee', 'migrant', 'citizen', 'stateless', 'legal', and 'illegal' as concepts. This Research Handbook maintains that refugees need to be seen as core indicators of the failure of national, international, economic, and political governance, and provides critical analyses of the legal ordering of refugees, giving a glimpse at what the future of refugee law could - and should - look like. Bringing together experts in the field, the innovative and groundbreaking chapters provide a critical perspective on the legal landscape for refugees at a time when the politics and legitimacy of transnational regulatory governance are in question as never before. In an age of growing ethnic nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric, the contributing authors examine key issues surrounding refugees and migration, and build a new outlook on social justice, as the post-war international order ends. With its informative analysis and moving accounts, this Research Handbook will be a critical tool for students of law, especially those with an interest in human rights and migration. Its insights will also be valuable for policy practitioners and policymakers.
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• Část I. Situace uprchlíků v poválečné Evropě - - část II. Americký fond rozšiřuje činnost - - část III. Okupace Československa - - část IV. Porážka komunismu.

• Introduction
• The origins of international concern for refugees
• UNHCR in the Cold War, 1950-1991
• UNHCR in the post-Cold War era
• The politics and practice of UNHCR's mandate
• UNHCR as a global institution
• New challenges
• Conclusion: towards the future.

• Introduction
• Part 1: Historical Overview and Emergences of Key Issues
• 1. The Origins of International Concern for Refugees
• 2. UNHCR and the Cold War: 1950-1990
• 3. UNHCR since the end of the Cold War
• Part 2: Key challenges and issues facing UNHCR
• 4. The Key Challenges of Mandate, Funding and Protection
• 5. The key issues of protracted refugee situations, IDPs and asylum
• 6. The Future of UNHCR in the 21st Century Conclusion.
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This is a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the UN organization that protects and assists them. Written by experts in the field, this is one of the very few books that trace the relationship between state interests, global politics, and the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR). Looking ahead into the twenty-first century, the authors outline how the changing nature of conflict and displacement poses UNHCR with a new array of challenges and how there exists a fundamental tension between the UN's human rights agenda of protecting refugees fleeing conflict and persecution and the security, political and economic interests of states around the world.Key topics discussed in this work include: The UNHCR as an actor in world politics since 1950; Refugee definition and protection instruments; New challenges to the UNHCR's mandate; Institutional strengths and weaknesses; Asylum crises in the global North and global South; Protracted refugee situations and internally displaced persons; and, Key criticisms and continuing relevance of the UNHCR.
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• Foundations for UNHCR's international refugee law role
• UNHCR's statutory role and work related to refugee law
• Flexibility in UNHCR's international law role
• The crisis in refugee protection
• UNHCR's approaches to address weaknesses in the treaty framework
• UNHCR's approaches to improve the effectiveness of international refugee law
• Concluding remarks: Applying lessons from the past to enhance UNHCR's role in the future.

This book considers the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' contribution to international refugee law since the establishment of UNHCR by the United Nations General Assembly in 1951. The book explores the historical and statutory foundations that create an indelible link between UNHCR and international refugee law. This book charts the significant evolution that has occurred in the organisation's role throughout the last sixty years, looking at both the formal means by which UNHCR's mandate may be modified, and the techniques UNHCR has used to facilitate the changes in its role, thereby revealing a significant evolution in the organisation's role since the onset of the crisis in refugee protection in the 1980's. UNHCR, itself, has demonstrated its organizational autonomy as the primary agent for the adaptation of its responsibilities and work related to international refugee law. The author does suggest however that UNHCR needs to continue to extend and strengthen its role related to international refugee law if UNHCR is to ensure a stronger legal framework for the protection of refugees as well as a fuller respect for refugees' rights in practice. UNHCR and International Refugee Law should be of particular interest to refugee lawyers as well as academics and students of refugee law and international law, and anyone concerned with the important role that UNHCR plays in the protection of refugees today.
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• Preface Introduction: Refugee Protection and the UNHCR
• 1. UNHCR at
• 50: Refugee Protection and World Politics", Gil Loescher
• 2. What is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited, Arthur Helton The Ethics of Refugee Protection
• 3. The Legal and Ethical Obligations of UNHCR: The Case of Temporary Protection in Western Europe, Erik Roxstrom and Mark Gibney
• 4. Defining Persecution and Protection: The Cultural Relativism Debate and the Rights of Refugees, Bonny Ibhawoh Legal and Institutional Protection of Refugees
• 5. Refugee Protection in Troubled Times: Reflections on Institutional and Legal Developments at the Crossroads, Brian Gorlick
• 6. A Rare Opening in the Wall: The Growing Recognition of Gender-Based Persecution", Emily Copeland
• 7. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the International Refugee Regime", Elizabeth G. Ferris Policy Implications of Refugee Protection
• 8. Changing Priorities in Refugee Protection: The Rwandan Repatriation from Tanzania, Beth Elise Whitaker
• 9. The Marginalization of Palestinian Refugees, Randa Farah
• 10. Arguing About Asylum: The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe, Niklaus Steiner
• 11. Post-Conflict Reintegration and Reconstruction: Doing it Right Takes A While, Patricia Weiss Fagen Refugee Protection Post-September 11
• 12. Securing Refuge from Terror: Refugee Protection in East Africa After September 11, Monica Kathina Juma and Peter Mwangi Kagwanja
• 13. Refugee Protection in Europe and the U.S. after 9/11, Joanne van Selm.
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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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• Part 1 Introduction: origins of international refugee regime-- no middle ground.
• Part 2 First flight: the flight of the Hmong-- the first wave of Vietnamese-- the international response.
• Part 3 The year of leaving dangerously: pushback at Preah Vihear-- the 1970 International Conference on Indochina refugees-- ships of mercy, ships of prey.
• Part 4 Cambodians on the border: Thailand's open door policy-- UNBRO and the border camps-- a tale of two refugee cities.
• Part 5 Laotian refugees in Thailand: early days at Ban Vinai-- humane deterrence-- pushbacks and border screening-- repatriation or resettlement?
• Part 6 Resettlement in the west: the United States-- Canada-- France-- Britain-- Australia.
• Part 7 Things fall apart: anti-piracy-- the breakdown of the orderly departure programme-- the built-up to the comprehensive plan of action-- Thailand pushes back.
• Part 8 The comprehensive plan of action: asylum-- resettlement-- status determination-- unaccompanied minors-- repatriation-- the CPA and Laotians.
• Part 9 Roads back home: return to Laos-- return to Cambodia-- UN approaches to reintegration-- return to Vietnam.
• Part 10 Aftermath: resettlement-- repatriation-- asylum-- a new paradigm?
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In the last 20 years alone, some three million war-affected people have fled their homes in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This book tells the story of this modern exodus and the international community's response, spearheaded by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. The UNHCR pioneered innovations like the Orderly Departure Programme, anti-piracy and rescue-at-sea efforts, and reintegration projects for returnees. At times it tried to reshape fundamentally the terms of the debate about refugees. Today the camps in Southeast Asia are closed. Half a million people have returned home and over two million have started new lives abroad. This book takes stock and poses important questions. How did the flight of refugees evolve? How do we evaluate the international response? What has been the legacy in Asia itself? And what lessons can be drawn for use in other refugee situations around the world?
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