Human Rights and Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers

Download or read book Human Rights and Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers written by Anne Bayefsky and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary volume with 28 of the world's leading refugee and human rights scholars and advocates in a wide-ranging examination of the major issues in the field today: the theoretical challenges of international protection; lessons learned from the field including Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan; jurisprudential responses from courts and treaty bodies on the rights and responsibilities of protection; due process issues from Europe, Canada and the United States, and the special needs of migrant workers. The book brings together a unique group of experts including UNHCR officials, legal academics and practitioners, and uniquely tackles these crucial subjects from the perspectives of theory, legal practice, and advocacy.