Complementary protection in international refugee law /

This work offers a study on 'complementary protection' - the protection afforded by States to persons who need international protection but fall outside the legal definition of a refugee in article 1A(2) of the 1951 Refugee Convention. This book also provides an analysis of complementary p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McAdam, Jane, 1974-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:	Oxford monographs in international law.
Subjects:	Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. Refugees > Protection > International cooperation. Humanitarian law. Asylum, Right of. Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > International cooperation. Réfugiés > Droit > Coopération internationale. Droit international humanitaire. Droit d'asile. Conventions internationales. Aide aux réfugiés. Droit humanitaire international. Coopération internationale. Statut légal. Convention européenne des droits de l'homme. Asylum, Right of Humanitarian law Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Evolution of complementary protection
The European Union Qualification Directive: the creation of a subsidiary protection regime
An alternative asylum mechanism: the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The scope of ill-treatment under the ECHR and ICCPR
Protection and 'the best interests of the child'-the Convention on the Rights of the Child
The legal status of persons to whom the Refugee Convention does not apply.