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Problems of Protection The UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights

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ISBN-10: 0415945747

ISBN-13: 9780415945745

Edition: 2003

Authors: Niklaus Steiner, Gil Loescher, Mark Gibney

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Of all the humanitarian impulses in world politics today, one of the most widely recognized is the need to protect refuges. However, asThe Problems of Protectionexplores, what on the surface appears to be a simple proposition can quickly become complex and controversial. This complexity results in troubling variation in how we respond to our obligation to protect refugees--while NATO launches a major military intervention on behalf of Albanians in Kosovo amidst worldwide media attention, the international community's response to Sierra Leonean refugees is slow, inefficient and inadequate. Who qualifies as a refugee in need of protection? Should refugees be returned as soon as possible, or…    
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Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Niklaus Steiner is an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is also the Director of the Centre for Global Initiatives.Dr Robert Mason is a lecturer in History at the University of Southern Queensland, and a researcher at the Public Memory Research Centre.Dr Anna Hayes is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Southern Queensland and a member of the Public Memory Research Centre at the University of Southern Queensland.

Foreword
Introduction: Refugee Protection and UNHCR
UNHCR at Fifty: Refugee Protection and World Politics
What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited
The Ethics of Refugee Protection
The Legal and Ethical Obligations of UNHCR: The Case of Temporary Protection in Western Europe
Defining Persecution and Protection: The Cultural Relativism Debate and the Rights of Refugees
Legal and Institutional Protection of Refugees
Refugee Protection in Troubled Times: Reflections on Institutional and Legal Developments at the Crossroads
A Rare Opening in the Wall: The Growing Recognition of Gender-Based Persecution
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the International Refugee Regime
Policy Implications of Refugee Protection
Changing Priorities in Refugee Protection: The Rwandan Repatriation from Tanzania
The Marginalization of Palestinian Refugees
Arguing about Asylum: The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe
Post-Conflict Reintegration and Reconstruction: Doing It Right Takes a While
Refugee Protection Post-September 11
Securing Refuge from Terror: Refugee Protection in East Africa after September 11
Refugee Protection in Europe and the U.S. after 9/11
Notes
Biographies
Index