Refugee Protection and the Role of Law: Conflicting Identities
About this ebook
The book investigates the premise that there is a narrowing of protection space in many countries and many highly visible incidents of refoulement. It argues that ‘Protection’, which is a core focus of the Refugee Convention, appears to be under threat, as there are many gaps and inconsistencies in practice.
Contributors to the volume, who include Erika Feller, Elspeth Guild, Hélène Lambert and Roger Zetter, look at the relevant issues from the perspective of a number of different disciplines including law, politics, sociology, and anthropology. The chapters examine the link between identity and protection as a basis for understanding how the Refugee Convention has been and is being applied in policy and practice. The situation in a number of jurisdictions and regions in Europe, North America, South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East is explored in order to ask the question does jurisprudence under the Refugee Convention need better coordination and how successful is oversight of the Convention?
About the author
Susan Kneebone is a Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia.
Dallal Stevens is Associate Professor of Law in the School of Law, University of Warwick, UK.
Loretta Baldassar is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Social and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia.
