The UNHCR and the Supervision of International Refugee Law

ISBN: 9781107240285 出版年：2013 页码：388 James C Simeon Cambridge University Press

Foreword David Dewitt 1. Introduction: searching for ways to enhance the UNHCR's capacity to supervise international refugee law James C. Simeon Part I. The Supervision of International Refuge Law and the UNHCR: 2. UNHCR's role in supervising international protection standards in the context of its mandate Volker Turk 3. The limits to UNHCR's supervisory role Michael Barutciski 4. UNHCR, the Refugee Convention and reforming the governance of the international refugee regime Martin Jones 5. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's relationship with the UNHCR: a factor of international protection Brian Goodman Part II. Judicial Experience in Supervising the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol: 6. The contribution of the judiciary to the protection of asylum seekers in the UK and the EU Nicholas Blake 7. The impact of international law and domestic human rights law on Canada's judicial supervision of the 1951 Refugee Convention Russel Zinn and Benjamin N. Perryman 8. Judicial experience with the Geneva Convention in Germany and Europe Harald Dorig Part III. Other Public International Law Supervisory Models: Possible Reforms, Proposals, and Ideas for Supervising Protection Standards in the Context of Forced Displacement: 9. 'Peter Pan's fairies and genie bottles: the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and supervision of the 1951 Convention' Alice Edwards 10. Are there lessons for the Geneva Convention from the supervision of economic, social and cultural rights: UN and Council of Europe perspectives? Elspeth Guild and Claude Cahn 11. Towards convergence in the interpretation of the Refugee Convention: a proposal for the establishment of an International Judicial Commission for Refugees Anthony M. North and Joyce Chia 12. Identifying creative entry points for refugee protection: recent lessons from the Asia-Pacific region Vitit Muntarbhorn Part IV. International Protection and Public Accountability: The Role of Civil Society: 13. International protection and public accountability: the roles of civil society Sriprapha Petcharamesree 14. Supervision of the Refugee Convention: non-state actors Osamu Arakaki 15. The NGO role in supervising the application of the Convention - and beyond Tom Clark Part V. Conclusions: 16. Monitoring and supervising international refugee law: building the capacity to enhance international protection and democratic global governance of the international refugee protection regime James C. Simeon.