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The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol are the cornerstones of international refugee law. This commentary provides a systematic, article-by-article analysis of their provisions and thematic chapters examine general issues in refugee law.

Refugees --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

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Refugees --- Réfugiés --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Congresses. --- Droit --- Congrès --- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees --- Convention relative au statut des réfugiés

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"Terrorism and Asylum, edited by James C. Simeon, explores terrorism and asylum in all its interrelated and variable aspects, and permutations. The critical role terrorism plays as a driver in forced displacement, within the context of protracted armed conflict and extreme political violence, is analyzed. Exclusion from refugee protection for the alleged commission of terrorist activities is thoroughly interrogated. Populist politicians' blatant use of the "fear of terrorism" to further their public policy security agenda and to limit access to refugee protection is scrutinized. The principal issues and concerns regarding terrorism and asylum and how these might be addressed, in the public interest while, at the same time, protecting and advancing the human rights and dignity of everyone are offered"

Refugees --- Political refugees --- Asylum, Right of. --- Freedom of movement (International law) --- Terrorism (International law) --- Terrorism --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Prevention --- Law and legislation --- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees --- Asylum, Right of --- Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc. --- Political refugees - Legal status, laws, etc. --- Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation --- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 July 28)

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"This book is concerned with refugee status determination in the context of 'natural' disasters and climate change. Considering evidence that the legal predicament of people who seek recognition of refugee status in this connection has been inconsistently addressed by judicial bodies in leading refugee law jurisdictions, and identifying epistemological as well as doctrinal impediments to a clear and principled application of international refugee law in this connection, the book develops a methodlogy that is theoretically informed by decades of scholarship in disaster risk reduction and doctrinally guided by a human rights-based approach. When disasters are understood as purely reflecting the indiscriminate forces of nature, it is difficult to imagine how a person may establish a well-founded fear of being persecuted, as required by Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention. However, when disasters are understood as the consequence of natural hazards interacting with exposed and vulnerable social conditions, the kinds of circumstances in which a person may establish eligibility for recognition of refugee status become much clearer. However, applying the dominant human rights-based approach in the context of disasters and climate change reveals deeply rooted assumptions about the meaning of core elements of the refugee definition, and a recalibrated human rights-based interpretation of general application as developed"--

Refugees --- Asylum, Right of. --- Environmental refugees --- Disaster victims --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees --- Réfugiés --- Droit d'asile --- Réfugiés écologiques --- Victimes de catastrophes --- Droit

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Climate Change, Disasters and the Refugee Convention is concerned with refugee status determination (RSD) in the context of disasters and climate change. It demonstrates that the legal predicament of people who seek refugee status in this connection has been inconsistently addressed by judicial bodies in leading refugee law jurisdictions, and identifies epistemological as well as doctrinal impediments to a clear and principled application of international refugee law. Arguing that RSD cannot safely be performed without a clear understanding of the relationship between natural hazards and human agency, the book draws insights from disaster anthropology and political ecology that see discrimination as a contributory cause of people's differential exposure and vulnerability to disaster-related harm. This theoretical framework, combined with insights derived from the review of existing doctrinal and judicial approaches, prompts a critical revision of the dominant human rights-based approach to the refugee definition.

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 July 28) --- Refugees --- Asylum, Right of. --- Environmental refugees --- Disaster victms --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees --- Environmental migrants --- Environmentally displaced persons --- Asylum, Right of --- Right of asylum --- Sanctuary (Law) --- Defection --- Deportation --- Extradition --- Law and legislation --- Da Panāh Ghūṣhtūnko da Waz̤ʻe pah Aṛah Muqāwalah (Kunwānsiyūn) --- Konvensi Mengenai Kedudukan Pengungsi --- Kunvānsiyūn-i 1951 dar Umūr-i Panāhindahʹgān --- Refugee Convention --- United Nations Refugee Convention --- Disaster victims --- Victims of disasters --- Victims