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CALS Asylum Case Research Guide

How to research asylum cases and track human rights conditions by country.

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Refugee Protection Treatises

These books, websites, guides and selected international instruments are good starting points if your focus is refugee protection.

The Law of Refugee Status by James C. Hathaway; Michelle Foster
ISBN: 9781107012516

Publication Date: 2014-07-03

Generally regarded as the seminal text on interpreting the refugee definition set by the UN's 1951 Refugee Convention. Provides analysis of the central question in asylum law: who is a refugee?
Refuge from Inhumanity? War Refugees and International Humanitarian Law by David Cantor (Editor); Jean-François Durieux (Editor)
ISBN: 9789004261587

Publication Date: 2014-07-13

This book contributes to a long-standing but ever topical debate about whether persons fleeing war to seek asylum in another country - 'war refugees' - are protected by international law.
Collection of international instruments and legal texts concerning refugees and others of concern to UNHCR by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Call Number: INTL K3230.R45 A265 2007

ISBN: 9789211011166

Publication Date: 2007

Multi volume set includes many international instruments and legal texts relating to refugee issues.

Websites

International Red Cross National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
This ICRC website brings together laws and policy documents relevant to refugee protection. Select a foreign state to see documents and laws

Guides

Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web is written by a former UNHCR information specialist and offers many links including some full text articles, some national legislation, and case law

Selected Instruments

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Revised March 2007 (AEB)
Content Updated January 2008 (MMS)