Human Rights and Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers: Essays in Memory of Joan Fitzpatrick and Arthur HeltonAnne Fruma Bayefsky, Joan M. Fitzpatrick, Arthur C. Helton An extraordinary volume with 28 of the world's leading refugee and human rights scholars and advocates in a wide-ranging examination of the major issues in the field today: the theoretical challenges of international protection; lessons learned from the field including Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan; jurisprudential responses from courts and treaty bodies on the rights and responsibilities of protection; due process issues from Europe, Canada and the United States, and the special needs of migrant workers. The book brings together a unique group of experts including UNHCR officials, legal academics and practitioners, and uniquely tackles these crucial subjects from the perspectives of theory, legal practice, and advocacy. |
Contents
1 What is Forced Migration? Arthur C Helton and Eliana Jacobs | 3 |
2 Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Protecting Refugees and the Internally Displaced Monette Zard | 15 |
3 Misperception of Refugees State Sovereignty and the Continuing Challenge of International Protection Brian Gorlick | 65 |
4 The Frontiers of the Sovereign Boldizsár Nagy | 91 |
The UN Baghdad Bomb One Year On Gil Loescher | 123 |
Lessons Learned | 127 |
What is the Minimum Standard? Gerald Martone | 129 |
7 The Emergency Alibi Gerald Martone and Hope Neighbor | 145 |
13 The Role of Human Rights Bodies in Protecting Refugees Chaloka Beyani | 269 |
14 International Human Rights Treaties and the Rights of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers Stephanie Farrior | 283 |
15 The Alvarez Case and the Rule of Law Paul L Hoffman | 321 |
A Fundamental Right With a Limited Remedy William J Aceves | 349 |
Setting the Standards of Due Process | 385 |
17 Are We Headed in the Right Direction? Reflections on the New 2001 Rules of Procedure of the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights in L... | 387 |
The Participation of Refugee Workers in Refugee Policy Formation David Matas | 443 |
19 International Standards of Due Process for Migrant Workers Asylum Seekers and Refugees Juan E Méndez Helena Olea and Andreas Feldmann | 459 |
The UNs Betrayal of the Internally Displaced in South and Central Iraq 19912003 John Fawcett and Victor Tanner | 155 |
The Politics of Closed Borders and Protection Norah Niland | 179 |
The Case for a Derogation Clause to the Refugees Convention in Mass Influx Emergencies JeanFrancois Durleux and Jane McAdam | 211 |
Rights and Responsabilities for Protection | 233 |
11 Human Rights Refugees and the Fate of Minorities Bernard F Hamilton | 235 |
12 Refugee Jurisprudence Crimes against Humanity and Customary International Law Ronald C Slye | 249 |
The Case of Migration Workers | 475 |
20 Equal Labor Rights for Undocumented Migrant Workers Doug Cassel | 477 |
21 Advocates Should Use Applicable International Standards to Address Violations of Undocumented Migrant Workers Rights in the United States C... | 517 |
Seizing an Opportunity to Pull Governments Out of the Shadows Beth Lyon | 551 |
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