Refugee law's fact-finding crisis: truth, risk, and the wrong mistake

At a time when many around the world are fleeing their homes, seeking refugee protection has become a game of chance. Partly to blame is the law that governs how refugee status decision-makers resolve their doubts. This long-neglected branch of refugee law has been growing in the dark, with little g...

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Main Author: Cameron, Hilary Evans 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
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Summary:At a time when many around the world are fleeing their homes, seeking refugee protection has become a game of chance. Partly to blame is the law that governs how refugee status decision-makers resolve their doubts. This long-neglected branch of refugee law has been growing in the dark, with little guidance from the Refugee Convention and little attention from scholars. By looking closely at the Canadian jurisprudence, Hilary Evans Cameron provides the first full account of what this law is trying to accomplish in a refugee hearing. She demonstrates how a hole in the law's normative foundations is contributing to the dysfunction of one of the world's most respected refugee determination systems, and may well be undermining refugee protection across the globe. The author uses her findings to propose a new legal model of refugee status decision-making
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2018)
The wrong mistake -- Setting the scene -- The wrong mistake : sending a refugee home -- Resolving doubt in the claimant's favour -- The wrong mistake : accepting an unfounded claim -- Resolving doubt at the claimant's expense -- In the hearing room -- A way forward
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 219 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108551908
DOI:10.1017/9781108551908