Editor-in-Chief

Rosemary Byrne

Editorial Board

Welcome to the Fourth Edition of The Refugee Law Reader, which is the first comprehensive on-line model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international asylum and refugee law. As a 'living book', new updated editions of The Reader reflect the important developments in international and European refugee law that have occurred since the first online publication in April 2004.  An expanded ‘universal’ Fifth edition will be forthcoming towards the end of 2008 and will introduce African, Asian and Latin American sections. Preparation of language adapted versions of The Reader in French, Russian and Spanish is also underway.

The Reader is aimed for the use of professors, lawyers, advocates and students across a wide range of national jurisdictions. It provides a flexible course structure that can be easily adapted to meet a range of training and resource needs. The Reader also offers access to the complete texts of up-to-date core legal materials, instruments, and academic commentary. In its entirety, the Refugee Law Reader is designed to provide a full curriculum for a 48 hour course in International Refugee Law and contains over 600 documents and materials.