Full Description
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on 28 July 1951 in Geneva continues to provide the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees yet attempted. Consolidating previous international instruments relating to refugees, the 1951 Convention with its 1967 Protocol marks a cornerstone in the development of international refugee law. At present, there are 149 States Parties to one or both of these instruments, expressing a worldwide consensus on the definition of the term refugee and the fundamental rights to be granted to refugees. These facts demonstrate and underline the extraordinary significance of these instruments as the indispensable legal basis of international refugee law.
This Commentary provides for a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol on an article-by-article basis, exposing the interrelationship between the different articles and discussing the latest developments in international refugee law. In addition, several thematic contributions analyse questions of international refugee law which are of general significance, such as regional developments, the interrelationship between refugee law and general human rights law, as well as the relationship between refugee law and the law of the sea.
Contents
Filippo Grandi: Foreword
1: Claudena Skran and Evan Easton-Calabria: Historical Development of International Refugee Law
2: Terje Einarsen: Drafting History of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol
3: Jane McAdam and Emma Dunlop: Interpretation of the 1951 Convention
4: Terje Einarsen and Jessica Schultz: Global Developments in Refugee Law
5: Anja Klug: Regional Developments: Europe
6: Sam Blay: Regional Developments: Asia
7: Jacob van Garderen: Regional developments: Africa
8: Flávia Piovesan, Liliana Lyra Jubilut and Melissa Casagrande: Regional developments: Americas
9: Ralf Alleweldt: Preamble to the 1951 Convention
10: Ralf Alleweldt: Preamble to the 1967 Protocol
11: Ralf Alleweldt: Final Act
12: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 1 A, para. 1 1951 Convention
13: Andreas Zimmermann and Franziska M. Herrmann: Art. 1 A, para. 2 1951 Convention
14: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 1 B 1951 Convention
15: Susan Kneebone and Maria O'Sullivan: Art. 1 C 1951 Convention
16: Mutaz Qafisheh and Francesca Albanese: Art. 1 D 1951 Convention
17: Yao Li: Art. 1 E 1951 Convention
18: Joseph Rikhof and Philipp Wennholz: Art. 1 F 1951 Convention
19: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 1 1967 Protocol
20: Hélène Lambert: Art. 2 1951 Convention
21: Mpoki Mwakagali and Reinhard Marx: Art. 3 1951 Convention
22: Christian Walter: Art. 4 1951 Convention
23: Achilles Skordas and Meltem Ineli-Ciger: Art. 5 1951 Convention
24: Mpoki Mwakagali and Reinhard Marx: Art. 6 1951 Convention
25: Achilles Skordas and Meltem Ineli-Ciger: Art. 7 1951 Convention
26: Ulrike Davy and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 8 1951 Convention
27: Ulrike Davy and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 9 1951 Convention
28: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 10 1951 Convention
29: Roland Bank: Art. 11 1951 Convention
30: Rainer Hofmann, Adela Schmidt and Lssan Estifanos: Refugee Determination Procedures
31: Roland Bank: Refugees at Sea
32: Eileen Denza: Diplomatic Asylum
33: Axel Metzger: Art. 12 1951 Convention
34: Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham: Art. 13 1951 Convention
35: Axel Metzger: Art. 14 1951 Convention
36: Michael Teichmann: Art. 15 1951 Convention
37: Björn Elberling and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 16 1951 Convention
38: Alice Edwards: Art. 17 1951 Convention
39: Alice Edwards: Art. 18 1951 Convention
40: Alice Edwards: Art. 19 1951 Convention
41: Eve Lester: Art. 20 1951 Convention
42: Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham: Art. 21 1951 Convention
43: Andreas Zimmermann and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 22 1951 Convention
44: Eve Lester: Art. 23 1951 Convention
45: Eve Lester: Art. 24 1951 Convention
46: Eve Lester: Art. 25 1951 Convention
47: Marjoleine Zieck: Art. 26 1951 Convention
48: Jens Vedsted-Hansen: Art. 27 1951 Convention
49: Jens Vedsted-Hansen: Art. 28/Schedule
50: Boldizsár Nagy: Art. 29 1951 Convention
51: Boldizsár Nagy: Art. 30 1951 Convention
52: Gregor Noll: Art. 31 1951 Convention
53: Ulrike Davy and María-Teresa Gil-Bazo: Art. 32 1951 Convention
54: Walter Kälin, Martina Caroni and Lukas Heim: Art. 33, para. 1 1951 Convention
55: Philipp Wennholz and Joseph Rikhof: Art. 33, para. 2 1951 Convention
56: Reinhard Marx and Yao Li: Art. 34 1951 Convention
57: Marjoleine Zieck: Art. 35 1951 Convention/Article II 1967 Protocol
58: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 36 1951 Convention/Article III 1967 Protocol, Marjoleine Zieck59:Art. 37 1951 Convention
60: Karin Oellers-Frahm: Art. 38 1951 Convention/Article IV 1967 Protocol
61: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 39 1951 Convention/Article V 1967 Protocol
62: María-Teresa Gil-Bazo: Art. 40 1951 Convention
63: María-Teresa Gil-Bazo: Art. 41 1951 Convention/Article VI 1967 Protocol
64: Alain Pellet: Art. 42 1951 Convention/Article VII 1967 Protocol
65: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 43 1951 Convention/Article VIII 1967 Protocol
66: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 44 1951 Convention/Article IX 1967 Protocol
67: Terje Einarsen: Art. 45 1951 Convention
68: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 46 1951 Convention/Article X 1967 Protocol
69: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Testemonium 1951 Convention/Article XI 1967 Protocol
