The Refugee Concept in Group Situations

One of the achievements of the present century has been the collective definition by the international community of a body of legal principles for the treatment of refugees. As the century draws to a close, however, the application of these principles is beset with increasing difficulties due to the magnitude and complexity of the refugee problem. Some of these difficulties arise when a refugee problem needs to be addressed in a group context, which is frequently the case in refugee situations resulting from violence, internal conflict and the widespread disregard of human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Ivor C. Jackson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1999
• EAN: 9789041112286
• ISBN: 978-90-411-1228-6
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Refugees and Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law