Conflict Displacement and Legal Protection - 9780367661403

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Conflict Displacement and Legal ProtectionUnderstanding Asylum, Human Rights and Refugee Law\nAuthor(s): Charlotte Llf\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367661403, 978-0367661403\nSynopsis\nWhile the 21st century bears witness to several conflicts leading to mass displacement, the conflict in Syria has crystallised the need for a solid legal framework and legal certainty.\n\nThis book analyses the relevant legal instruments for the provision of a protection status for persons fleeing to Europe from conflict and violence. It focuses on the conceptualisation of conflict and violence in the countries of origin and the different approaches taken in the interpretation of them in the 1951 Refugee Convention, the Recast Qualification Directive of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights. It traces the hierarchical order of protection granted, starting with refugee protection status, to subsidiary p.