基本説明
Prompted by the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention on the status of refugees, the contributors examine the impact of this legal document on forced migrants, the states they migrate from and to, and the societies they join and leave behind.
Full Description
The year 2001 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The Refugee Convention at Fifty is a commemorative volume, but it is one that points toward a future that will see a continued need for refugee protection. The volume performs a much-needed task for the current era: it carefully examines this key legal text, which impacts not only the law but also the politics and sociology of forced migration. Joanne van Selm and her coeditors have collected essays by scholars from a wide range of disciplines, NGO staff members, international organization professionals, and national-level policy makers who discuss the impact of this legal document on forced migrants, the states they migrate from and to, and the societies they join and leave behind. Sub-themes covered include the potential for solidarity between states in ensuring that legal and political commitments are upheld; regional approaches to refugee protection and displacement; and the human and social consequences of forced migration for those covered by, or excluded from, refugee protection. The geographic and disciplinary spread of the book is unparalleled, and The Refugee Convention at Fifty sets for the contentious and critical study of refugees the high standards for scholarship and innovative thinking that will serve as precedent for future policy making and implementation in the field.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Opening Keynote Address: The Refugee Convention at Fifty Chapter 3 Global Solidarity: A Report of a Plenary Session Chapter 4 Regional Approaches to Forced Migration Chapter 5 The Refugee Convention Applied-Moral, Medical, Ethical, and Judicial Questions and Limitations Chapter 6 Refugees: Whose Term is it Anyway?:Emic and Etic Constructions of Refugees in Modern Greek Chapter 7 Insisting on the Jus Cogens Nature ofNon-Refoulement Chapter 8 Turkey, UNHCR, and the 1951 Convention on Status of Refugees: Problems and Prospects of Cooperation Chapter 9 Whither the Accountability Theory: Second-Class Status for Third-Party Refugees as a Threat to International Refugee Protection Chapter 10 The Geneva Convention and the European Union: A Fraught Relationship Chapter 11 Roma Asylum Applicants in the U.K.: "Scroungers" or "Scapegoats"? Chapter 12 Human Smuggling and Refugee Protection in the European Union: Myths and Realities Chapter 13 The Fight Against Migrant Smuggling: Migration Containment over Refugee Protection Chapter 14 Medical Anthropology in the Service of Forcefully Migrating Populations: Current Boundaries, Future Horizons, and Possible Delusions Chapter 15 The Refugee Convention and Practice in South Asia: A Marriage of Inconvenience? Chapter 16 Closing Keynote Address
