tailieunhanh - THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

States are increasingly challenging the logic of simply assimilating refugees to their own citizens. Questions are now raised about whether refugees should be allowed to enjoy freedom of movement, to work, to access public welfare programs, or to be reunited with family members. Doubts have been expressed about the propriety of exempting refugees from visa and other immigration rules, and even about whether there is really a duty to admit refugees at all. This book presents the first ever comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees set by the UN Refugee Convention, including analysis of its history and application by senior courts. Hathaway links these standards to key. | THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW JAMES c. HATHAWAY Cambridge more information - 9780521834940 This page intentionally left blank THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW States are increasingly challenging the logic of simply assimilating refugees to their own citizens. Questions are now raised about whether refugees should be allowed to enjoy freedom of movement to work to access public welfare programs or to be reunited with family members. Doubts have been expressed about the propriety of exempting refugees from visa and other immigration rules and even about whether there is really a duty to admit refugees at all. This book presents the first ever comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees set by the UN Refugee Convention including analysis of its history and application by senior courts. Hathaway links these standards to key norms of international human rights law and applies his analysis to the most difficult protection challenges faced around the world. This is a pioneering scholarly work and a critical resource for advocates judges and policymakers. JAMES C. HATHAWAY is James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and is a leading authority on and is widely published in international refugee law. He is the founding director of the University of Michigan s innovative Program in Refugee and Asylum Law in which students have the opportunity to study refugee law from international comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives. He is also Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University s Refugee Studies Programme. Hathaway was previously Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the Osgoode Hall Law School Toronto and has been a visiting professor at the American University in Cairo and at the universities of Tokyo and California. He regularly provides training on refugee law to academic non-governmental and official audiences around the .