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In international law the definition of refugee is widely seen as unclear. This book systematically analyses the interpretation, ordering, and interrelationship of the definition's components as well as the disputes that have arisen around it. The volume seeks to clarify propositions and demonstrate there is progress toward a working definition.
List of contents
- 1: The Refugee Definition
- 2: Interpretation
- 3: Approaches, Ordering, Interrelationships, Modalities
- 4: Nationality and Statelessness
- 5: 'Outside the Country...'
- 6: 'Being Persecuted' and Serious Harm
- 7: 'Being Persecuted' and Protection
- 8: 'Being Persecuted' and the Internal Protection Alternative
- 9: The Availment Clause: 'To Avail Himself of the Protection'
- 10: Refugee Convention Reasons: 'For Reasons Of'
- 11: 'Well-Founded Fear'
- 12: Conclusions
About the author
Dr Hugo Storey, B.A. Hons (University of Sydney), B.Phil (Oxon), PhD (University of Leeds), is a recently retired judge of the Upper Tribunal (UK). He has published widely on human rights, refugee law, international law, and European law issues. He is one of the International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges' (IARMJ's) founding members and immediate past president of its European Chapter. He presently heads an IARMJ project with the European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA) (formerly EASO) which has overseen publication of 7 Judicial Analyses plus updates.
Summary
In international law the definition of refugee is widely seen as unclear. This book systematically analyses the interpretation, ordering, and interrelationship of the definition's components as well as the disputes that have arisen around it. The volume seeks to clarify propositions and demonstrate there is progress toward a working definition.
Additional text
Dr Storey's magnum opus offers an authoritative new perspective on the refugee definition. Up to date and rich in detail, it provides cutting-edge insights into key debates, drawing on his unique experience as a refugee law judge to explain how to apply the law fairly and faithfully in practice.
