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Additional authors

1. Fitzpatrick, Joan (Joan M.)

Description

1. xxxi, 665 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "This volume provides a detailed and concrete analysis of how human rights complaints mechanisms can be accessed by refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons. The Guide offers a thorough explanation of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies, with a focus upon the four committees authorized to receive communications from individuals."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. Procedural aspects of international law series

Uniform title

1. Procedural aspects of international law series

Subject

1. UN. Commission on Human Rights
2. UN High Commissioner for Refugees
3. Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc
4. Asylum, Right of
5. Migration, Internal
6. Human rights
7. Population Dynamics
8. Human Rights

Contents

1. The human rights of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons: a basic introduction / Joan Fitzpatrick -- Protection under the complaint procedures of the United Nations Treaty Bodies / Anne Bayefsky, Stephanie Farrior, Karen Hanrahan, and Andrew Langham -- The United Nations charter-based mechanisms / Camille Giffard and Meagan Hrle -- African regional mechanisms that can be utilized on behalf of the forcibly displaced / Chidi Anselm Odinkalu and Monette Zard -- European human rights mechanisms / Diane Atkinson-Sanford -- The Inter-American mechanisms / Beth Lyon and Soren Rottman -- International criminal tribunals : refugees and internally displaced persons who may be witnesses before the tribunals / Åsa Rydberg and Kelly Askin -- Internationalized legal structures and the protection of internally displaced persons / Marcus Cox and Christopher Harland.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain