Problems of Protection: The Unhcr, Refugees, and Human Rights

by Gil Loescher and Mark Gibney

First Published in 2003. Of all the humanitarian impulses in world politics today, one of the most widely recognized is the need to protect refugees. However, as The Problems of Protection explores, what on the surface appears to be a simple proposition can quickly become complex and controversial. This complexity results in troubling variation in how we respond to our obligation to protect refugees--while NATO launches a major military intervention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415945739
• ISBN13: 9780415945738
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"