Protecting Human Rights of Refugees : Issues and International Intervention

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Refugee concept in international law. 3. UNHCR: responsibilities and concern. 4. Refugees in SAARC region. 5. Major human rights instruments. 6. Convention relating to the status of refugees. 7. Protocol relating to status of refugees (1967). 8. Constitution of international refugee organization. 9. Convention on he reduction of statelessness. 10. Case studies. 11. Temporary protection, repatriation aid and development. 12. International efforts for refugee/returnee aid and development. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.

The present work intends to address all crucial issues concerned with the refugee problem in entirety. All these are given an elaborate treatment, besides this some important and elevant nation/international instruments for protecting basic human rights of refugees re also given. Primarily meant for students, researchers and academics in the field of political science, sociology, human rights and economics, this will equally serve the purpose of all social scientists, social and human rights activists, NGOs, policy planners and international agencies concerned with the cause of refugees.