1st Edition

The Protection of Refugees in Southeast Asia A Legal Fiction?

By Sébastien Moretti Copyright 2022
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

This book offers a comprehensive and detailed analysis of refugee protection in Southeast Asia from an international law perspective. It examines both the legal and policy frameworks pertaining to the protection of refugees in the region as well as the countries’ response to refugee movements from the Indochinese refugee crisis in the mid-1970s to the most recent developments. It covers important... Read more

FOREWORD

PREFACE

List of Cases

List of International, Regional and National Instruments

List of Abbreviations

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EXPLAINING SOUTHEAST ASIAN RESISTANCE TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE 1951 CONVENTION

3. A ‘LEGAL LIMBO’? OVERHAULING THE NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

4. ACCESS TO PROTECTION

5. THE REFUGEE CONCEPT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

6. THE TREATMENT OF REFUGEES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

7. THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS

8. CONCLUSION: RECONCILING SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW

ANNEX: OVERVIEW OF THE RATIFICATIONS BY SOUTHEAST ASIAN STATES OF THE MAIN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

Index

Biography

Sébastien Moretti is Senior Fellow at the Global Migration Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. He has also worked for various international organizations on issues related to refugees and migration, with a particular focus on the West African and Asia-Pacific contexts.