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Author:   Volker Türk ,  Alice Edwards ,  Cornelis Wouters
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781316623091

ISBN 10:   1316623092
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   20 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on contributors and editors; Foreword Filippo Grandi; List of abbreviations; Introduction Volker Türk, Alice Edwards and Cornelis Wouters; Part I. Causes, Character and Effects: 1. The causes, character and conduct of internal armed conflict, and the effects on civilian populations Theo Farrell and Olivier Schmitt; Part II. Refugee Status under Global and Regional Instruments: 2. The 1951 Refugee Convention and the protection of people fleeing armed conflict and other situations of violence Vanessa Holzer; 3. Relationship between the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1969 OAU Convention on Refugees: a historical perspective Bonaventura Rutinwa; 4. The 1969 OAU Refugee Convention in the context of individual refugee status determination Marina Sharpe; 5. The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees and the protection of people fleeing: armed conflict and other situations of violence in Latin America Michael Reed-Hutardo; Part III. Refugee Status and Special Groups: 6. Women and girls fleeing conflict: gender and the interpretation and application of the 1951 Refugee Convention Valerie Oosterveld; 7. Children fleeing conflict: age and the interpretation and application of the 1951 Refugee Convention Rachel Brett, Margaret Brett and Haifa Rashed; Part IV. Subsidiary Protection: 8. Protection in the EU for people fleeing indiscriminate violence in armed conflict: Article 15(c) of the EU Qualification Directive Madeline Garlick; Appendix I; Appendix II; Index.

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'In short, this collection features high-quality contributions from all the contributors. Read together with the more recently published Guidelines No 12, its individual chapters go a long way to overcoming the 'war flaw' and providing a new framework for understanding armed conflict cases.' Hugo Storey, International Journal of Refugee Law 'In short, this collection features high-quality contributions from all the contributors. Read together with the more recently published Guidelines No 12, its individual chapters go a long way to overcoming the 'war flaw' and providing a new framework for understanding armed conflict cases.' Hugo Storey, International Journal of Refugee Law

'In short, this collection features high-quality contributions from all the contributors. Read together with the more recently published Guidelines No 12, its individual chapters go a long way to overcoming the 'war flaw' and providing a new framework for understanding armed conflict cases.' Hugo Storey, International Journal of Refugee Law `In short, this collection features high-quality contributions from all the contributors. Read together with the more recently published Guidelines No 12, its individual chapters go a long way to overcoming the `war flaw' and providing a new framework for understanding armed conflict cases.' Hugo Storey, International Journal of Refugee Law

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Volker Türk is United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection. Alice Edwards is Head of the Secretariat of the Convention against Torture Initiative. Cornelis Wouters is the senior refugee law advisor at the Division of International Protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva.

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