The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol : a commentary / edited by Andreas Zimmermann ; assistant editors, Jonas Dörschner, Felix Machts.

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TextLanguage: English, French Series: Oxford commentaries on international lawPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: cxxxiii, 1799 pages ; 26 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780199542512
0199542511

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DDC classification:

341.486 22

LOC classification:

K3230.R45 N56 2011

Contents:

Background -- General provisions -- Juridical status -- Gainful employment -- Welfare -- Administrative measures -- Executory and transitory provisions -- Final clauses.

Summary: The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on July 28, 1951 in Geneva provides the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees yet attempted. Consolidating previous international instruments relating to refugees, the 1951 Convention with its 1967 Protocol marks a cornerstone in the development of international refugee law. At present, there are 144 States Parties to one or both of these instruments, expressing a worldwide consensus on the definition of the term refugee and the fundamental rights to be granted to refugees. These facts demonstrate and underline the extraordinary significance of these instruments as the indispensable legal basis of international refugee law. This Commentary provides for a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol on an article-by-article basis, exposing the interrelationship between the different articles and discussing the latest developments in international refugee law. In addition, several thematic contributions analyse questions of international refugee law which are of general significance, such as regional developments and the relationship between refugee law and the law of the sea.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	KZ6530 .A15 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT01793

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background -- General provisions -- Juridical status -- Gainful employment -- Welfare -- Administrative measures -- Executory and transitory provisions -- Final clauses.

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on July 28, 1951 in Geneva provides the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees yet attempted. Consolidating previous international instruments relating to refugees, the 1951 Convention with its 1967 Protocol marks a cornerstone in the development of international refugee law. At present, there are 144 States Parties to one or both of these instruments, expressing a worldwide consensus on the definition of the term refugee and the fundamental rights to be granted to refugees. These facts demonstrate and underline the extraordinary significance of these instruments as the indispensable legal basis of international refugee law.
This Commentary provides for a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol on an article-by-article basis, exposing the interrelationship between the different articles and discussing the latest developments in international refugee law. In addition, several thematic contributions analyse questions of international refugee law which are of general significance, such as regional developments and the relationship between refugee law and the law of the sea.

In English and French.

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