Innovations in Refugee Protection: A Compendium of UNHCR's 60 Years. Including Case Studies on IT Communities, Vietnamese Boatpeople, Chilean Exile and Namibian Repatriation

Druke, Luise

ISBN 10: 3631634501 / ISBN 13: 9783631634509

Edité par Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2014

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Synopsis :

This compendium synthesizes innovations of the UN High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1951. The book bridges the gap between academic and field work and uses Joseph Nye's concept of "soft power" as a methodological approach for understanding and solving political and ethical refugee protection dilemmas. Extending the refugee legal framework (1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol), UNHCR has increasingly used international human rights law, innovative technologies and new partners. Refugee protection is a responsibility primarily of states. Challenges are : considering increasing power diffusion (Nye) from states to non-state actors and balancing IT potentials with security risks.

À propos de l?auteur: Luise Druke, Dr. phil. Dr. h.c., is Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School (IGLP). She serves as Co-Chair for UN Studies at Suffolk University (Govt. Dep.) and Part-time Lecturer at the Leibniz University (Pol.Sc.Dept.). Having headed UNHCR international missions for nearly 30 years, she authored /co-edited many other refugee, United Nations and European Union related publications.

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Titre : Innovations in Refugee Protection: A ...
Éditeur : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Date d'édition : 2014
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Good