Refugee Protection in International Law

Edited by Erika Feller, Volker Türk and Frances Nicholson

Preliminaries

• Credits, Contents, List of annexes, Notes on contributors and editors, Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgments, Expert roundtables and topics under the 'second track' of the Global Consultations, Table of cases, Table of treaties and other international instruments, List of abbreviations

Part 1: Introduction

• 1.1 Refugee protection in international law: an overall perspective, Volker Türk and Frances Nicholson
• 1.2 Age and gender dimensions in international refugee law, Alice Edwards
• 1.3 Declaration of States Parties to the 1951 Covention and/or its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Part 2: Non-refoulement

• 2.1 The scope and content of the principle of non-refoulement: Opinion, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht and Daniel Bethlehem
• 2.2 Summary Conclusions: the principle of non-refoulement, expert roundtable, Cambridge, July 2001
• 2.3 List of participants

Part 3: Illegal entry

• 3.1 Article 31 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: non-penalization, detention, and protection, Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
• 3.2 Summary Conclusions: Article 31 of the 1951 Convention, expert roundtable, Geneva, November 2001
• 3.3 List of participants

Part 4: Membership of a particular social group

• 4.1 Protected characteristics and social perceptions: an analysis of the meaning of 'membership of a particular social group', T. Alexander Aleinikoff
• 4.2 Summary Conclusions: membership of a particular social group, expert roundtable, San Remo, September 2001
• 4.3 List of participants

Part 5: Gender-related persecution

• 5.1 Gender-related persecution, Rodger Haines QC
• 5.2 Summary Conclusions: gender-related persecution, expert roundtable, San Remo, September 2001
• 5.3 List of participants

Part 6: Internal protection/relocation/flight alternative

• 6.1 Internal protection / relocation / flight alternative as an aspect of refugee status determination, James C. Hathaway and Michelle Foster
• 6.2 Summary Conclusions: internal protection / relocation / flight alternative, expert rountable, San Remo, September 2001
• 6.3 List of participants

Part 7: Exclusion

• 7.1 Current issues in the application of the exclusion clauses, Geoff Gilbert
• 7.2 Summary Conclusions: exclusion from refugee status, expert rountable, Lisbon, May 2001
• 7.3 List of participants

Part 8: Cessation

• 8.1 Cessation of refugee protection, Joan Fitzpatrick and Rafael Bonoan
• 8.2 Summary Conclusions: cessation of refugee status, expert roundtable, Lisbon, May 2001
• 8.3 List of participants

Part 9: Family unity

• 9.1 Family unity and refugee protection, Kate Jastram and Kathleen Newland
• 9.2 Summary Conclusions: family unity, expert roundtable, Geneva, November 2001
• 9.3 List of participants

Part 10: Supervisory responsibility

• 10.1 Supervising the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: Article 35 and beyond, Walter Kälin
• 10.2 Summary Conclusions: supervisory responsibility, expert roundtable, Cambridge, July 2001
• 10.3 List of participants
• Index

© 2003 UNHCR. All worldwide rights reserved.

Bibliographic reference: Refugee protection in international law:
UNHCR's global consultations on international protection
Feller, E. (ed.); Türk, V. (ed.); Nicholson, F. (ed.). - Cambridge (United Kingdom); New York (NY); Geneva :
Cambridge University Press; UNHCR, 2003. - lix, 717 p. : tabl., index
ISBN : 0-521-53281-7 (paperback) and 0-521-82574-1 (hardback)