Druke Innovations in Refugee Protection

A Compendium of UNHCR’s 60 Years- Including Case Studies on IT Communities, Vietnamese Boatpeople, Chilean Exile and Namibian Repatriation
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-653-99762-0
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

This compendium synthesizes innovations of the UN High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1951. The book bridges the gap between academic and field work and uses Joseph Nye’s concept of 'soft power' as a methodological approach for understanding and solving political and ethical refugee protection dilemmas. Extending the refugee legal framework (1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol), UNHCR has increasingly used international human rights law, innovative technologies and new partners. Refugee protection is a responsibility primarily of states. Challenges are: considering increasing power diffusion (Nye) from states to non-state actors and balancing IT potentials with security risks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Druke, Luise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Vereinte Nationen, UN Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Early Alert and New Partnerships with IT Communities – Rescue of Vietnamese Boatpeople in Singapore – Exile & Return of Chileans under Dictatorship – Repatriation of Namibians through Angola (with UNTAG) – UNHCR, 60 Years after its Birth and the 1951 Convention. Bibliographies to the Case Studies – Background Note: Summaries of the Innovations by the ten UN High Commissioners since 1951 – World Maps of UNHCR’s Priorities and Presence – Statistics on Refugee Populations 1951-2010 – Teaching Note: For the Teaching and Training of Students and Practitioners – Exercises – Lessons and Conclusions – Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Luise Druke, Dr. phil. Dr. h.c., is Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School (IGLP). She serves as Co-Chair for UN Studies at Suffolk University (Govt. Dep.) and Part-time Lecturer at the Leibniz University (Pol.Sc.Dept.). Having headed UNHCR international missions for nearly 30 years, she authored /co-edited many other refugee, United Nations and European Union related publications.