TY - GEN digital ID - 139600147 TI - African Asylum at a Crossroads : Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights AU - Berger, Iris AU - Hepner, Tricia Redeker AU - Lawrance, Benjamin N. AU - Andrews, Penelope AU - Ngom, Fallou AU - Knowledge Unlatched AU - Ohio University Press PY - 2015 SN - 9780821445181 PB - Athens Ohio University Press DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:139600147 AB - This book examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. It is the first to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to African asylum cases and the first to establish a rigorous analytical framework for interpreting the effects of this new reliance on expert testimony. Courts in Western countries and beyond have begun demanding expert reports tailored to the experience of the individual claimant. As courts increasingly draw upon such testimony in their deliberations, expertise in matters of asylum and refugee status is emerging as an academic area with its own standards, protocols, and guidelines. ER -