Human Security and Non-Citizens
Law, Policy and International Affairs

Can the concept of 'human security' help to address the multiple challenges facing non-citizens in a new global era?

Alice Edwards (Edited by), Carla Ferstman (Edited by)

9780521734943, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 January 2010

640 pages
22.5 x 15 x 2.8 cm, 0.97 kg

'[Human Security and Non-Citizens] is to be highly recommended both for the depth of research and the interest and relevance of the subject matter … [It] serve[s] to enlighten and inform through considerable attention to documentation and careful historiographical research of the … literature … Given the vast remit of the volume, no article of limited length can do justice to its contents. Suffice to say that this is a vital book to read for lawyers … for academic researchers who wish to gain further insights, and for students who seek a general introduction to the relevant and complex issues that prevail in this new century.' History: Reviews of New Books

The past decades have seen enormous changes in our perceptions of 'security', the causes of insecurity and the measures adopted to address them. Threats of terrorism and the impacts of globalisation and mass migration have shaped our identities, politics and world views. This volume of essays analyses these shifts in thinking and, in particular, critically engages with the concept of 'human security' from legal, international relations and human rights perspectives. Contributors consider the special circumstances of non-citizens, such as refugees, migrants, and displaced and stateless persons, and assess whether, conceptually and practically, 'human security' helps to address the multiple challenges they face.

Part I. Human Security, Human Rights, and Human Dignity: 1. Humanising non-citizens: the convergence of human rights and human security Alice Edwards and Carla Ferstman
Part II. Physical and Legal Security, Armed Conflict and Refuge: 2. The value of the human security framework in addressing statelessness Mark Manly and Laura Van Waas
3. Protection and empowerment: strategies to strengthen refugees' human security Frances Nicholson
4. From here to where? Refugees living in protracted situations in Africa Edwin Odhiambo Abuya
5. Once we were warriors: critical reflections on refugee and IDP militarisation and human security Robert Muggah
6. Human security and protection from refoulement in the maritime context Barbara Miltner
Part III. Migration, Development and Environment: 7. Empowering migrants: human security, human rights, and policy Pia Oberoi
8. Labour migration management and the rights of migrant workers Ryszard Cholewinski
9. Socio-economic rights, human security, and survival migrants: whose rights? Whose security? Eve Lester
10. An insecure climate for human security? Climate-induced displacement and international law Jane McAdam and Ben Saul
11. Human security and trafficking of human beings: the myth and the reality Ryszard Piotrowicz
Part IV. National Security and the 'War on Terror': 12. A distinction with a legal difference: the consequences of non-citizenship in the 'War on Terror' Craig Forcese
13. Immigration law enforcement after 9/11 and human rights Daniel Moeckli
14. Protection of non-citizens against removal under international human rights law Vesselina Vandova
15. The human security framework and counter terrorism: examining the rhetoric relating to 'extraordinary renditions' Carla Ferstman
16. Legal routes to restoring individual rights at Guantanamo Bay: the effectiveness of Habeas Corpus applications and efforts to obtain diplomatic protection Lorna McGregor.

Subject Areas: Human rights & civil liberties law [LNDC], International relations [JPS]