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Rights in Exile : Janus-Faced Humanitarianism / Guglielmo Verdirame, Barbara Harrell-Bond.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Forced Migration ; 17Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845451035
  • 9781782387268
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.67608/3 22
LOC classification:
  • KQC567
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Refugee Law and Policy in Kenya and Uganda -- 2 Getting In -- 3 Status-Determination Procedures: ‘… and when you go to UNHCR, pray’ -- 4 Civil and Political Rights -- 5 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights -- 6 Refugee Protection: What Is Going Wrong? -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Of the estimated 12 million refugees in the world, more than 7 million have been confined to camps, effectively "warehoused," in some cases, for 10 years or more. Holding refugees in camps was anathema to the founders of the refugee protection regime. Today, with most refugees encamped in the less developed parts of the world, the humanitarian apparatus has been transformed into a custodial regime for innocent people. Based on rich ethnographic data, Rights in Exile exposes the gap between human rights norms and the mandates of international organisations, on the one hand, and the reality on the ground, on the other. It will be of wide interest to social scientists, and to human rights and international law scholars. Policy makers, donor governments and humanitarian organizations, especially those adopting a "rights-based" approach, will also find it an invaluable resource. But it is the refugees themselves who could benefit the most if these actors absorb its lessons and apply them.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Refugee Law and Policy in Kenya and Uganda -- 2 Getting In -- 3 Status-Determination Procedures: ‘… and when you go to UNHCR, pray’ -- 4 Civil and Political Rights -- 5 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights -- 6 Refugee Protection: What Is Going Wrong? -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

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Of the estimated 12 million refugees in the world, more than 7 million have been confined to camps, effectively "warehoused," in some cases, for 10 years or more. Holding refugees in camps was anathema to the founders of the refugee protection regime. Today, with most refugees encamped in the less developed parts of the world, the humanitarian apparatus has been transformed into a custodial regime for innocent people. Based on rich ethnographic data, Rights in Exile exposes the gap between human rights norms and the mandates of international organisations, on the one hand, and the reality on the ground, on the other. It will be of wide interest to social scientists, and to human rights and international law scholars. Policy makers, donor governments and humanitarian organizations, especially those adopting a "rights-based" approach, will also find it an invaluable resource. But it is the refugees themselves who could benefit the most if these actors absorb its lessons and apply them.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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