Fragmented state power and forced migration
Subtitle: a study on non-state actors in refugee law
By: by Eeva Nykänen
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9789004228849; 9789004228856
Subjects: Human rights; Non-state actors (International relations); Forced migration; Refugees; Right of Asylum; Legal status, laws
Description: "The relative decline of state power and the increase in the significance of various non-state actors is one of the greatest challenges faced by the legal framework for the international protection of refugees and other forced migrants over previous decades. A large number of asylum seekers applying for protection in Europe and other industrialized states originate from countries where the state structure is weak, if not non-existent, and where the threats faced by individuals stem primarily from actors other than the state authorities. The legal framework for international protection, which rests on a state-centric paradigm, is struggling with claims for protection arising from such situations. Drawing extensively on international and European law, international and national case law, as well as academic writings, this study analyzes the legal obligations that states have towards refugees and other forced migrants facing threats emanating from non-state actors, exploring the transformative possibilities embedded in the law in this respect"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Normative foundations of the system of international protection in Europe; title: Normative foundations of the system of international protection in Europe; title: Non-state actors and the refugee definition; title: The European Convention on Human Rights, prohibition Of refoulement, and non-state actors; title: Subsidiary protection and non-state actors.