Problems of protection : the UNHCR, refugees, and human rights / / edited by Niklaus Steiner, Mark Gibney, and Gil Loescher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (716 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GibneyMark
LoescherGil SteinerNiklaus |
Soggetto topico | Refugees - Government policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-415-94574-7
0-203-95486-6 1-135-39548-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Refugee Protection and UNHCR; 1. UNHCR at Fifty: Refugee Protection and World Politics; The Cold War Period; UNHCR and Its Focus on Repatriation; UNHCR and the Erosion of Refugee Protection; The Need to Raise the Protection Profile of UNHCR; The Need to Reverse the Erosion of Refugee Protection; 2. What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited; What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Posed at the Outset of a Decade of Refugees
UNHCR and Protection in the 90s: The Institutional Dimension of ProtectionMandate; Regional Strategies; Deepening the Concept of Protection; Institutional Issues; A Look Backward and Forward in 2002; Conclusion; 2. The Ethics of Refugee Protection; 3. The Legal and Ethical Obligations of UNHCR: The Case of Temporary Protection in Western Europe; The Legal and Ethical Framework; Principles; Pragmatic Concerns; The Human Rights Challenge in Europe; Temporary Protection; Background; UNHCR's Analysis on TP and the 1951 Convention; Deficient Protection TP and UNHCR's Role in Developing International Refugee LawThe "Trump" of Political Considerations- Did UNHCR's TP Initiative Save Lives?; Gains in the South?; 4. Defining Persecution and Protection: The Cultural Relativism Debate and the Rights of Refugees; Human Rights and the Cultural Relativism Debate; Non-Western Values and "Universal" Human Rights; Prioritizing and Categorizing Human Rights; Cultural Relativism and Refugee Rights; "Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment"; Refugee Producers and Refugee Acceptors; Conclusion; 3. Legal and Institutional Protection of Refugees 5. Refugee Protection in Troubled Times: Reflections on Institutional and Legal Developments at the CrossroadsShifting Priorities, Attitudes and Institutional Change; Challenges to the System of International Refugee Protection; Refugee Protection and the Link to Human Rights; International Legal Obligations; UN Human Rights Mechanisms and the Protection of Refugees; The Sub-Commission on Human Rights; The Work of the Treaty Bodies; Developments in International Criminal Law; Reparation and Compensation; Conclusion 6. A Rare Opening in the Wall: The Growing Recognition of Gender-Based PersecutionGender-Based Persecution and International Protection; The Emergence of Refugee Women's Issues; Evolution of Thinking in Human Rights Law; Expanding the Scope of International Protection: The Adoption of the 1967 Protocol; The Failure of the 1977 Conference on Territorial Asylum to Codify an Individual's Right to Asylum; Implications for Gender-Based Protection from Persecution; 7. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the International Refugee Regime; A Bit of History; The Blossoming of Civil Society Proliferation of NGOs |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453816103321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Problems of protection : the UNHCR, refugees, and human rights / / edited by Niklaus Steiner, Mark Gibney, and Gil Loescher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (716 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GibneyMark
LoescherGil SteinerNiklaus |
Soggetto topico | Refugees - Government policy |
ISBN |
1-135-39555-1
0-415-94574-7 0-203-95486-6 1-135-39548-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Refugee Protection and UNHCR; 1. UNHCR at Fifty: Refugee Protection and World Politics; The Cold War Period; UNHCR and Its Focus on Repatriation; UNHCR and the Erosion of Refugee Protection; The Need to Raise the Protection Profile of UNHCR; The Need to Reverse the Erosion of Refugee Protection; 2. What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited; What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Posed at the Outset of a Decade of Refugees
UNHCR and Protection in the 90s: The Institutional Dimension of ProtectionMandate; Regional Strategies; Deepening the Concept of Protection; Institutional Issues; A Look Backward and Forward in 2002; Conclusion; 2. The Ethics of Refugee Protection; 3. The Legal and Ethical Obligations of UNHCR: The Case of Temporary Protection in Western Europe; The Legal and Ethical Framework; Principles; Pragmatic Concerns; The Human Rights Challenge in Europe; Temporary Protection; Background; UNHCR's Analysis on TP and the 1951 Convention; Deficient Protection TP and UNHCR's Role in Developing International Refugee LawThe "Trump" of Political Considerations- Did UNHCR's TP Initiative Save Lives?; Gains in the South?; 4. Defining Persecution and Protection: The Cultural Relativism Debate and the Rights of Refugees; Human Rights and the Cultural Relativism Debate; Non-Western Values and "Universal" Human Rights; Prioritizing and Categorizing Human Rights; Cultural Relativism and Refugee Rights; "Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment"; Refugee Producers and Refugee Acceptors; Conclusion; 3. Legal and Institutional Protection of Refugees 5. Refugee Protection in Troubled Times: Reflections on Institutional and Legal Developments at the CrossroadsShifting Priorities, Attitudes and Institutional Change; Challenges to the System of International Refugee Protection; Refugee Protection and the Link to Human Rights; International Legal Obligations; UN Human Rights Mechanisms and the Protection of Refugees; The Sub-Commission on Human Rights; The Work of the Treaty Bodies; Developments in International Criminal Law; Reparation and Compensation; Conclusion 6. A Rare Opening in the Wall: The Growing Recognition of Gender-Based PersecutionGender-Based Persecution and International Protection; The Emergence of Refugee Women's Issues; Evolution of Thinking in Human Rights Law; Expanding the Scope of International Protection: The Adoption of the 1967 Protocol; The Failure of the 1977 Conference on Territorial Asylum to Codify an Individual's Right to Asylum; Implications for Gender-Based Protection from Persecution; 7. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the International Refugee Regime; A Bit of History; The Blossoming of Civil Society Proliferation of NGOs |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790787803321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Problems of protection : the UNHCR, refugees, and human rights / / edited by Niklaus Steiner, Mark Gibney, and Gil Loescher |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (716 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.87 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GibneyMark
LoescherGil SteinerNiklaus |
Soggetto topico | Refugees - Government policy |
ISBN |
1-135-39555-1
0-415-94574-7 0-203-95486-6 1-135-39548-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. Introduction: Refugee Protection and UNHCR; 1. UNHCR at Fifty: Refugee Protection and World Politics; The Cold War Period; UNHCR and Its Focus on Repatriation; UNHCR and the Erosion of Refugee Protection; The Need to Raise the Protection Profile of UNHCR; The Need to Reverse the Erosion of Refugee Protection; 2. What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Revisited; What Is Refugee Protection? A Question Posed at the Outset of a Decade of Refugees
UNHCR and Protection in the 90s: The Institutional Dimension of ProtectionMandate; Regional Strategies; Deepening the Concept of Protection; Institutional Issues; A Look Backward and Forward in 2002; Conclusion; 2. The Ethics of Refugee Protection; 3. The Legal and Ethical Obligations of UNHCR: The Case of Temporary Protection in Western Europe; The Legal and Ethical Framework; Principles; Pragmatic Concerns; The Human Rights Challenge in Europe; Temporary Protection; Background; UNHCR's Analysis on TP and the 1951 Convention; Deficient Protection TP and UNHCR's Role in Developing International Refugee LawThe "Trump" of Political Considerations- Did UNHCR's TP Initiative Save Lives?; Gains in the South?; 4. Defining Persecution and Protection: The Cultural Relativism Debate and the Rights of Refugees; Human Rights and the Cultural Relativism Debate; Non-Western Values and "Universal" Human Rights; Prioritizing and Categorizing Human Rights; Cultural Relativism and Refugee Rights; "Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment"; Refugee Producers and Refugee Acceptors; Conclusion; 3. Legal and Institutional Protection of Refugees 5. Refugee Protection in Troubled Times: Reflections on Institutional and Legal Developments at the CrossroadsShifting Priorities, Attitudes and Institutional Change; Challenges to the System of International Refugee Protection; Refugee Protection and the Link to Human Rights; International Legal Obligations; UN Human Rights Mechanisms and the Protection of Refugees; The Sub-Commission on Human Rights; The Work of the Treaty Bodies; Developments in International Criminal Law; Reparation and Compensation; Conclusion 6. A Rare Opening in the Wall: The Growing Recognition of Gender-Based PersecutionGender-Based Persecution and International Protection; The Emergence of Refugee Women's Issues; Evolution of Thinking in Human Rights Law; Expanding the Scope of International Protection: The Adoption of the 1967 Protocol; The Failure of the 1977 Conference on Territorial Asylum to Codify an Individual's Right to Asylum; Implications for Gender-Based Protection from Persecution; 7. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the International Refugee Regime; A Bit of History; The Blossoming of Civil Society Proliferation of NGOs |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818511503321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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