Refugee Protection in International Law

Alongside a panel of experts, the UNHCR examines the interpretation of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

List of maps; List of tables; List of annexes; Notes on contributors and editors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of cases; Table of treaties and other international instruments; List of abbreviations; Part 1 Introduction; 1.1 Refugee protection today: an overall perspective Volker Türk and Frances Nicholson; 1.2 Age and gender dimensions in international refugee law Alice Edwards; 1.3 Declaration of the Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees; Part 2 Non-refoulement (Article 33 of the 1951 Convention); 2.1 The scope and content of the principle of non-refoulement: Opinion Sir Eli Lauterpacht and Daniel Bethlehem; 2.2 Summary Conclusions: The principle of non-refoulement; 2.3 List of participants; Part 3 Illegal Entry (Article 31); 3.1 Article 31 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: non-penalization, detention, and protection Guy S. Goodwin-Gill; 3.2 Summary Conclusions: Article 31 of the 1951 Convention; 3.3 List of participants; Part 4 Membership of a Particular Social Group (Article 1A(2)); 4.1 Protected characteristics and social perceptions: an analysis of the meaning of 'membership of a particular social group' T. Alexander Aleinikoff; 4.2 Summary Conclusions: membership of a particular social group; 4.3 List of participants; Part 5 Gender-related Persecution (Article 1A(2)); 5.1 Gender-Related Persecution Rodger Haines QC; 5.2 Summary Conclusions: gender-related persecution; 5.3 List of participants; Part 6 Internal Protection/Relocation/Flight Alternative; 6.1 Internal protection/relocation/flight alternative as an aspect of refugee status determination James Hathaway and Michelle Foster; 6.2 Summary Conclusions: internal protection/relocation/flight alternative; 6.3 List of participants; Part 7 Exclusion (Article 1F); 7.1 Current issues in the application of the exclusion clauses Geoff Gilbert; 7.2 Summary Conclusions: exclusion from refugee status; 7.3 List of participants; Part 8 Cessation (Article 1C); 8.1 Cessation of refugee protection Joan Fitzpatrick and Rafael Bonoan; 8.2 Summary Conclusions: cessation of refugee status; 8.3 List of participants; Part 9 Family unity (Final Act, 1951 UN Conference); 9.1 Family unity and refugee protection Kate Jastram and Kathleen Newland; 9.2 Summary Conclusions: family unity; 9.3 List of participants; Part 10 Supervisory Responsibility (Article 35); 10.1 Supervising the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: Article 35 and beyond Walter Kälin; 10.2 Summary conclusions: supervisory responsibility; 10.3 List of participants; Index.