The Legal Protection of Refugees with Disabilities

Forgotten and Invisible?

Mary Crock, Laura Smith-Khan, Ron McCallum, Ben Saul (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2017
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78643-543-9 (ISBN)

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Refugees living with disabilities are often forgotten or invisible during acute crises of human displacement. This groundbreaking work examines the experiences of persons with disabilities who have crossed borders in search of protection from disasters or conflict, and analyses the existing legal frameworks for their protection. The authors deftly explore the intersection between one of the oldest international human rights treaties, the 1951 Refugee Convention, with one of the newest, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Drawing on pioneering fieldwork in six countries - Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Uganda, Jordan and Turkey - this book examines how the CRPD is, or should be, changing the way that governments and aid agencies engage with and accommodate refugees with disabilities. Its timeliness is underscored by the adoption in 2016 of the UN Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action at the World Humanitarian Summit.

Engaging and thought-provoking, this book will captivate any scholar studying international law, development, disability rights and refugee and forced migration studies. It is also an imperative resource for practitioners and policymakers in the humanitarian and development sector, as well as international human rights organisations.

Mary Crock, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney, Laura Smith-Khan, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Ron McCallum, Emeritus Professor, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney, Australia and Ben Saul, Challis Chair of International Law, University of Sydney, Australia; Associate Fellow, Chatham House,Associate Fellow, International Centre for Counter-Terrorism in The Hague and a Consultant for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Terrorism Prevention Branch), UK

Contents: Part I Setting the Scene 1. Disability in refugee populations 2. Paradigm shift: The CRPD, international law and disability in displacement 3. Responding to disability in displacement: Country reports 4. Identifying disability 5. Lived experience of disability in displacement 6. Disability, intersectionality and context Part II Towards a rights regime for refugees with disabilities 7. Access to protection: Refugee rights and status determination processes 8. Disability rights, maritime interdiction and immigration detention 9. The right to survive: Disability and access to basic humanitarian assistance 10. Beyond mere survival: Rights to education, employment and community participation 11. The other ‘durable solutions’ for refugees with disabilities: resettlement and repatriation 12. Strategies for realising rights for refugees with disabilities Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Studies in Human Rights
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
ISBN-10	1-78643-543-8 / 1786435438
ISBN-13	978-1-78643-543-9 / 9781786435439
Zustand	Neuware