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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460068903321

Autore

Zieck Marjoleine

Titolo

UNHCR's parallel universe : marking the contours of a problem : inaugural lecture / / delivered on the appointment to the chair of  International Refugee Law at the Amsterdam Law School  of the University of Amsterdam  on Friday, 23 April 2010 by Marjoleine Zieck [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-283-05035-8

9786613050359

90-485-1332-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Inaugural lecture ; ; 363

Disciplina

362.87

Soggetti

Refugees - Services for

Refugees - International cooperation

Refugees - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Facts that Make one Wonder -- Historical Background of the Contemporary International Refugee Law Regime -- The Contemporary Regime in Conceptual Terms -- Refugee Definitions -- Definitions Drifting Apart: Extensions of UNHCR's Mandate Ratione Personae -- UNHCR and the IRO, Two of a Kind -- Meaning of the Expanded Definition -- Opposability -- UNHCR's Parallel Universe -- Marking the Contours of a Problem -- Acknowledgements -- Notes

Sommario/riassunto

The universal international refugee law regime that was created in the wake of the Second World War - consisting of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the Statute of UNHCR - has in the course of time been changed, gradually but inexorably. The regime that is currently in place has consequently lost its original structure and consistency. In particular, it is no longer a normative continuum, and as a result, the international protection of refugees is no longer secure but dependent on contingencies. The changes in the regime exclusively concern the