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The Rights of Refugees Under International Law. By James C. Hathaway. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. li, 1002. Index. $80, £45.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Penelope Mathew
Penelope Mathew*
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Australian National University
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 102 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 206 - 211
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References

1 James, C. Hathaway, The Law of Refugee Status (1991)Google Scholar.

2 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28, 1951, 189 UNTS 150.

3 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, Jan. 31, 1967, 19 UST 6223, 606 UNTS 267.

4 For a different approach, see Michael Akehurst, Custom as a Source of International Law , 1976 Brit. Y.B. Int'l. 1 Google Scholar.

5 Anthony, Aust, Modern Law and Treaty Practice 199 (2000)Google Scholar.

6 Sale v. Haitian Centres Council, Inc., 509 U.S. 155 (1993).

7 James, C. Hathaway, Refugee Law Is Not Immigration Law , 2002 World Refugee Surv. 38, 41 (2002)Google Scholar.

8 509 U.S. at 189.

9 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950 Google Scholar, ETS No. 5, 213 UNTS 222. The Convention and its protocols are available at <http://www.echr.coe.int>.

10 See the observations presented to the European Court of Human Rights by the United Kingdom and other governments in Ramzy v. Netherlands (pending), which can be found on the International Commission of Jurists' Web site, <http://www.icj.org/IMG/pdf/UK_observations_Ramzy_case.pdf>.

11 See AUST, supra note 5.

12 Anthony, M. North & Joyce, Chia, Towards Convergence in the Interpretation of the Refugee Convention: A Proposal for the Establishment of an International Judicial Commission for Refugees , 2005 Australian Y.B. Int'l L. 105 Google Scholar.

13 See, e.g., Szoma v. Sec'y of State for the Dep't of Work & Pensions, [2006] 1 All ER 1 (Eng.).

14 Johan, Steyn, Guantánamo Bay: The Legal Black Hole , 53 Int'l & Comp. L.Q. 1 (2004)Google Scholar.

15 See, e.g., Julian, Burside, Unfair Go (2006)Google Scholar, at <http://www.humanrightsact.com.au>.

16 See my analysis as presented in Refugee Protection in the Wake of the Tampa, 96 AJIL 661 (2002)Google Scholar, and Interception—The Legal Issues , 17 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 221, 245-48 (2003)Google Scholar [hereinafter Interception].

17 See, e.g., Lisbon Expert Roundtable, Summary Conclusions on the Concept of “Effective Protection “in the Context of Secondary Movements of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers Google Scholar, at <http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/protect/opendoc.pdf?tbl=PROTECTION&id=3e5f323d7>.

18 See Interception, supra note 16, at 221-49.

19 Alte, Grahl-Madse, Commentary on the Refugee Convention 1951, Articles 2-11, 13-37, at 246-47 (1963)Google Scholar (republished 1997, available at <http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/3d4ab5fb9.pdf>).

20 I am borrowing here, of course, from Bin, Cheng, United Nations Resolutions on Outer Space: ‘Instant' International Customary Law , 5 Indian J. Int'l L. 23 (1965)Google Scholar.