International Refugee Law and the Protection of Stateless Persons (Hardcover)

International Refugee Law and the Protection of Stateless Persons examines the extent to which the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees protectsde jure stateless persons. While de jure stateless persons are clearly protected by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, this book seeks to explore the extent to which such persons are also entitled to refugee status. The questions addressed include the following: When is a person 'without a nationality' for the purpose of the 1951 Refugee Convention? What constitutes one's country of former habitual residence as a proxy to one's country of nationality? When does being stateless give rise to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons specified in the 1951 Refugee Convention and/or UNHCR mandate? What are the circumstances under which statelessness constitutes persecution or inhuman or degrading treatment? How are courts assessing individual risk or threat to stateless persons? The book draws on historical and contemporary interpretation of international law based on the travaux preparatoires to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its antecedents, academic writing, UNHCR policy and legal documents, UN Human Rights Council resolutions, UN Human Rights Committee general comments, UN Secretary General reports, and UN General Assembly resolutions. It is also based on original comparative analysis of existing jurisprudence worldwide relating to claims to refugee status based on or around statelessness. By examining statelessness through the prism of international refugee law, this book fills a critical gap in existing scholarship.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Michelle Foster (Professor of Law and Director, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne) • Helene Lambert (Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, and Professor of International Law, University of Westminster Law School)
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-879601-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Promotions
LSN:	0-19-879601-3
Barcode:	9780198796015

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