United States migrant interdiction and the detention of refugees in Guantánamo Bay
By: Azadeh Dastyari, Monash University
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781107101005
Subjects: Refugees; Haitians; Legal status, laws
Description: This book provides a thorough legal analysis of the United States Migrant Interdiction Program, examining the United States' compliance with its obligations under municipal and international law as it interdicts individuals at sea, conducts status determinations, and returns those interdicted to their home countries. This book also examines the rights of the small number of refugees and individuals at risk of torture detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, awaiting resettlement in third countries.
Notes: Based on author's thesis, (doctoral - Monash University).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Political and historical background; title: Authority for the exercise of jurisdiction under the United States' municipal law and the international law of the sea; title: United States' obligations under international human rights and refugee law; title: Status determinations in international waters and in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; title: Detention and related issues in Guantánamo Bay; title: Conclusion.