a. Historical Context

Main Debates Relationship Between the Strategic Political Objectives of Western States in 1951 and the Scope of the 1951 Geneva Convention DefinitionDoes the Focus on Civil and Political Rights in the 1951 Geneva Convention Definition Offer an Adequate Understanding of the Need for International Protection? Main Points The Evolution of the Refugee Definition from:• A Historical Context• Juridical to Social to Individualist Perspectives• The Specific to the Universal1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Definition v. Other Contemporary Definitions Readings CoreJ. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths 1991), 1-11.

About the Reader

Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context

Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection

Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection

Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law

Main Debates

Relationship Between the Strategic Political Objectives of Western States in 1951 and the Scope of the 1951 Geneva Convention Definition
Does the Focus on Civil and Political Rights in the 1951 Geneva Convention Definition Offer an Adequate Understanding of the Need for International Protection?

Main Points

The Evolution of the Refugee Definition from:
• A Historical Context
• Juridical to Social to Individualist Perspectives
• The Specific to the Universal
1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Definition v. Other Contemporary Definitions

Readings

Core
J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths 1991), 1-11.

Readings

Core

The Law of Refugee Status

J. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (Toronto: Butterworths, 1991), 1-11.