Mass Refugee Influx and the Limits of Public International Law (Refugees and Human Rights, V. 6)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9789041119216
Subjects: International human rights law; International humanitarian law; Political And Civil Rights; Refugees; Political Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Politics/International Relations; International; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Law / International; Emigration & Immigration; Humanitarian law; International cooperation; Legal status, laws, etc; Protection
Description: "The focus in the present volume has been set on a detailed examination of some legal preconceptions commonly found in situations of mass refugee immigration. The author concludes that situations when refugees arrive en masse do not, as a rule, qualify as a public emergency that threatens the life of the nation under contemporary international human rights law, and that mass expulsion of refugees as an emergency measure is prohibited at all times when this entails the risk of violating rights immune to derogation."--BOOK JACKET.