Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention

by Matthew Scott

Book Overview

Climate Change, Disasters and the Refugee Convention is concerned with refugee status determination (RSD) in the context of disasters and climate change. It demonstrates that the legal predicament of people who seek refugee status in this connection has been inconsistently addressed by judicial bodies in leading refugee law jurisdictions, and identifies epistemological as well as doctrinal impediments to a clear and principled application of international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108747124
• ISBN13: 9781108747127
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.6"