Conflict Refugees - European Union Law and Practice

"Based on a systematic and empirical comparative study of six European Union countries, Christel Querton explores judicial decision-making in the context of persons fleeing armed conflicts in the EU.Using interdisciplinary techniques, it re-asserts the Refugee Convention as the cornerstone of international protection"--

List of contents

Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The legal framework: the international protection of persons fleeing armed conflicts; 3. Contemporary armed conflicts, violence and gender in international refugee law; 4. Judicial constructions of risk on return to situations of contemporary armed conflict; 5. Judicial constructions of well-founded fear of being persecuted in situations of contemporary armed conflicts; 6. Judicial constructions of the refugee convention reasons for persecution in situations of contemporary armed conflict; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Christel Querton is a Wallscourt Fellow in Law at the University of the West of England. She researches international refugee law focusing on the protection of persons fleeing contemporary armed conflicts and refugee women. Prior to academia, she practised as an immigration and human rights barrister in London.

Summary

Based on a systematic and empirical comparative study of six European Union countries, Christel Querton explores judicial decision-making in the context of persons fleeing armed conflicts in the EU. Using interdisciplinary techniques, it re-asserts the Refugee Convention as the cornerstone of international protection.

Product details

• Authors: Christel Querton
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009359405
• ISBN: 978-1-00-935940-5
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 243 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Gender studies, gender groups, EU (European Union), Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General