INTRO TO INTL REFUGEE LAW

M. Rafiqul Islam

ISBN 10: 900422615X / ISBN 13: 9789004226159

Published by BRILL NIJHOFF, 2013

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Neu neuware, importqualität, auf lager - The book is designed to provide an overview of the development, meaning, and nature of international refugee law. The jurisprudence on the status of refugees, loss and denial of the refugees status, non-refoulement, asylum, problems and challenges of refugee protection, the law of return and the right of return, critical refugees and immigration law, and the role of international organizations in protection of refugees are revisited in the context of contemporary realities. The relationship between armed conflict, climate change, and human right violations induced refugees and the existing international refugee regime emerging will be succinctly highlighted and analysed in the book. This lucidly written and timely book will be immensely helpful to anyone grappling with the demonstrated inadequacies of international refugee law in real life situations today and desirous of the reorientation of its meaning and scope to cater for the changing needs and shared expectation of the international community in the 21st century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: INTRO TO INTL REFUGEE LAW
• Publisher: BRILL NIJHOFF
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900422615X
• ISBN 13: 9789004226159
• Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Condition: Neu
• Weight: 820 grams

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Synopsis

The book is designed to provide an overview of the development, meaning, and nature of international refugee law. The jurisprudence on the status of refugees, loss and denial of the refugees status, non-refoulement, asylum, problems and challenges of refugee protection, the law of return and the right of return, critical refugees and immigration law, and the role of international organizations in protection of refugees are revisited in the context of contemporary realities. The relationship between armed conflict, climate change, and human right violations induced refugees and the existing international refugee regime emerging will be succinctly highlighted and analysed in the book. This lucidly written and timely book will be immensely helpful to anyone grappling with the demonstrated inadequacies of international refugee law in real life situations today and desirous of the reorientation of its meaning and scope to cater for the changing needs and shared expectation of the international community in the 21st century.

About the Author

Rafiqul Islam is Professor of Law at Macquarie University, Australia. He has been an active legal academic and researcher and published extensively in various areas of public international law.

Md. Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan teaches law in the Department of Law, ASA University Bangladesh. During his higher studies in Belgium he gained experience in legal practice with the lawyers of European countries. He is co-editor of An Introduction to International Human Rights Law (MNP, 2010).