Child in International Refugee Law

Informationen zum Autor Jason M. Pobjoy is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, where he has a broad practice including public and human rights law, refugee and immigration law, and public international law. He is a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. Klappentext The first comprehensive study of the challenges faced by children in establishing entitlement to refugee protection. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive study of the challenges faced by children in establishing entitlement to refugee protection. This book! which draws extensively on national case law from the United States! the United Kingdom! Canada! New Zealand and Australia! will be an invaluable resource for any academic! decision-maker or practitioner working in the area. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Situating the refugee child in international law; 2. The child and the refugee status determination process; 3. An age-sensitive assessment of risk; 4. A child rights framework for identifying persecutory harm; 5. Nexus to a convention ground; 6. The convention on the rights of the child as a complementary source of protection; Conclusions; Annex 1. CRC, preamble and Articles 1 to 41; Annex 2. Refugee Convention, preamble and Article 1; Annex 3. Final act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries, Recommendation B (principle of family unity).

Product details

• Authors: Jason M. Pobjoy, Pobjoy Jason M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2017
• EAN: 9781107175365
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17536-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies; Cambridge Asylum and Migration; Cambridge Asylum and Migration; Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties