Rights in Exile: Janus-Faced Humanitarianism (Forced Migration)
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (928 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845451031 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Policy makers, donor governments and humanitarian organizations, especially those adopting a "rights-based" approach, will also find it an invaluable resource. Of the estimated 12 million refugees in the world, more than 7 million have been confined to camps, effectively "warehoused," in some cases, for 10 years or more. Based on rich ethnographic data, Rights in Exile exposes the gap between human rights norms and the mandates of international organisations, on the one hand, and the reality on the ground, on the other. Today, with most refugees encamped in the less developed parts of the world, the humanitarian apparatus has been transformed into a custodial regime for innocent people. But it is the refugees themselves who could benefit the most if these actors absorb its lessons and apply them.. It will be of wide interest to social scientists, and to human rights and international law scholars. Holding refugees in camps was anathema to the founders of the refugee protection regime
Guglielmo Verdirame is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. She is the author of Imposing Aid (Oxford, 1986).. In 1996, she received the Distinguished Service Award of the American Anthropological Association. He is also the author of a forthcoming book on the accountability of the United Nations.Barbara Harrell-
Not only is the information in it extremely distressing, the main targets of its critique are the 'good guys.' The central argument is that the international and humanitarian organisations that are in charge of looking after refugees are responsible for extensive and avoidable violations of the rights of those dependent upon them."From the Foreword. It is harsh, for example, on the role of many NGOs in delivering assistance - and failing to protect the rights of refugees More obviously, the UNHCR's reinterpretation of its own mandate - away from refugee protection, towards "humanitarian assistance" - is exposed as a betrayal of the whole purpose of the internationa