Michelle Foster

International Refugee Law and Socio-Economic Rights

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the ability of the Refugee Convention to encompass socio-economic based claims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9780521870177
• ISBN-10: 0521870178
• Artikelnr.: 22246706

Autorenporträt

Michelle Foster is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Research Programme in International Refugee Law at the University of Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. A human rights framework for interpreting the Refugee Convention
3. Persecution and socio-economic deprivation in refugee law
4. Rethinking the conceptual approach to socio-economic claims
5. Economic deprivation as the reason for being persecuted
6. Economic disadvantage and the Refugee Convention grounds
7. Conclusions.