International refugee law and socio-economic rights : refuge from deprivation / Michelle Foster.
2007
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International refugee law and socio-economic rights : refuge from deprivation / Michelle Foster.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description
1 online resource (xlvii, 387 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 51.
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Introduction
A human rights framework for interpreting the Refugee Convention
Persecution and socio-economic deprivation in refugee law
Rethinking the conceptual approach to socio-economic claims
Economic deprivation as the reason for being persecuted
Economic disadvantage and the Refugee Convention grounds
Conclusions.
A human rights framework for interpreting the Refugee Convention
Persecution and socio-economic deprivation in refugee law
Rethinking the conceptual approach to socio-economic claims
Economic deprivation as the reason for being persecuted
Economic disadvantage and the Refugee Convention grounds
Conclusions.
Summary
A range of emerging refugee claims is beginning to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention regime and question traditional distinctions between 'economic migrants' and 'political refugees'. This book, first published in 2007, identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on socio-economic deprivation, and undertakes an assessment of the extent to which these challenges may be overcome by a creative interpretation of the Refugee Convention, consistent with correct principles of international treaty interpretation. The central argument is that, notwithstanding the dichotomy between 'economic migrants' and 'political refugees', the Refugee Convention is capable of accommodating a more complex analysis which recognizes that many claims based on socio-economic deprivation are indeed properly considered within the purview of the Refugee Convention. This, the first book to consider these issues, will be of great interest to refugee law scholars, advocates, decision-makers and non-governmental organizations.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511493980 ebook
9780521870177 (hardback)
9780521133364 (paperback)
9780521870177 (hardback)
9780521133364 (paperback)
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