The Rights of Refugees under International Law

The only comprehensive analysis of international refugee rights, anchored in the hard facts of refugee life around the world.

James C. Hathaway (Author)

9781108810913, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 April 2021

1452 pages
24.3 x 16.9 x 4.7 cm, 2.16 kg

'… impressive and well-researched … For those interested in the rights of refugees under international law, it would be surprising if there were any authors who had given this topic more detailed consideration than Professor Hathaway.' Paul Keeley, Law Society Gazette

Do states have a duty to assimilate refugees to their own citizens? Are refugees entitled to freedom of movement, to be allowed to work, to have access to public welfare programs, or to be reunited with family members? Indeed, is there even a duty to admit refugees at all? This fundamentally rewritten second edition of the award-winning treatise presents the only comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees set by the UN Refugee Convention and international human rights law. It follows the refugee's journey from flight to solution, examining every rights issue both historically and by reference to the decisions of senior courts from around the world. Nor is this a purely doctrinal book: Hathaway's incisive legal analysis is tested against and applied to hundreds of protection challenges around the world, ensuring the relevance of this book's analysis to responding to the hard facts of refugee life on the ground.

Introduction
1. The evolution of the refugee rights regime
2. An interactive approach to interpreting refugee rights
3. The structure of entitlement under the refugee convention
4. Rights of refugees physically present
5. Rights of refugees lawfully or habitually present
6. Rights of refugees lawfully staying
7. Rights of solution
Appendices
Select bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Asylum law [LNDA3], International organisations & institutions [LBBU], International human rights law [LBBR], Public international law [LBB], Law [L], Human rights [JPVH], International relations [JPS], Migration, immigration & emigration [JFFN], Refugees & political asylum [JFFD]