The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary (Oxford Commentaries on International Law) - Tapa dura

Practitioners, academics, and students will find this book useful and a 'must have' addition to their bookshelves. (Zachary A. Lomo, Journal of Refugee Studies)

The book will serve as...an indispensable and authoritative guide for courts, lawyers and government officials dealing with the status of refugees. Those seeking guidance on actual state practice and judicial rulings will find them meticulously recorded; this is in addition to the wealth of material reflecting the views of human rights specialists as to how the 1951 Convention should be liberally interpreted. The book is a must for every good international law library. (Robbie Sabel, Israel Law Review)

This book will bestride the world of refugee law like a colossus...The book's comprehensiveness and superb editing will inevitably make it a major source of reference for years to come. (Hugo Storey, Senior Immigration Judge, Upper Tribunal)

... a very readable treatise, on every aspect of a major convention long in need of a seminal analysis like this one. (ASIL)

...an extremely worthwhile purchase. (Prof. Dr. Christoph Gusy, ZAR)

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on 28 July 1951 in Geneva provides the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees yet attempted. Consolidating previous international instruments relating to refugees, the 1951 Convention with its 1967 Protocol marks a cornerstone in the development of international refugee law. At present, there are 144 States Parties to one or both of these instruments, expressing a worldwide consensus on the definition of the term refugee and the fundamental rights to be granted to refugees. These facts demonstrate and underline the extraordinary significance of these instruments as the indispensable legal basis of international refugee law.

This Commentary provides for a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol on an article-by-article basis, exposing the interrelationship between the different articles and discussing the latest developments in international refugee law. In addition, several thematic contributions analyse questions of international refugee law which are of general significance, such as regional developments and the relationship between refugee law and the law of the sea.