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Problems of Protection

The UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights

Niklaus Steiner Mark Gibney Gil Loescher

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English
Routledge
30 April 2003
Of all the humanitarian impulses in world politics today, one of the most widely recognized is the need to protect refugees. However, as The Problems of Protection explores, what on the surface appears to be a simple proposition can quickly become complex and controversial. This complexity results in troubling variation in how we respond to our obligation to protect refugees - while NATO launches a major military intervention on behalf of Albanians in Kosovo amidst worldwide media attention, the international community's response to Sierra Leonean refugees is slow, inefficient and inadequate. Who qualifies as a refugee in need of protection? Should refugees be returned as soon as possible, or integrated into safer host countries? The contributors to this volume address the often lacking political will among powerful countries and donors, shifting attitudes among affected countries, and the difficulty of rebuilding societies in a world in which the number of refugees will almost certainly continue to increase.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   580g
ISBN:   9780415945745
ISBN 10:   0415945747
Pages:   360
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Primary ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Niklaus Steiner is Associate Director of the University Center for International Studies at University of North Carolina. Gil Loesher was professor of International Relations at Notre Dame and he is now at the Center for International Studies at Oxford University. He serves on the Editorial board of the Journal of Refugee Studies and the UNHCR's State of the World's Refugees. MarkGibney is Belk Distinguished Professor of Humanities at University of North Carolina.

Reviews for Problems of Protection: The UNHCR, Refugees, and Human Rights

A timely and comprehensive tour d'horizon of refugee policy and international organizations charged with refugee protection. The expert contributors combine theoretical perspicuity with detailed case studies on a wide range of important topics that will surely be of interest to scholars, policy-makers and NGOs. -- T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Professor of Law, Georgetown University A decade or more of politics and 'pragmatism' has severely undermined the legal and ethical foundations of refugee protection. In this stimulating volume, contributors with broad-ranging knowledge, experience and expertise, show how to re-align the priorities, and how to rebuild a credible protection and solutions regime, face to face with the new challenges and even in the aftermath of terror. -- Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford


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