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BADIL
Resource
Center
for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Announcement of release:
Closing Protection Gaps:
HANDBOOK on Protection of Palestinian Refugees
in States Signatories to the 1951 Refugee
Convention
By BADIL
Resource Center
for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights
For Immediate Release
| No.
(E/28/05) |
04
October 2005 |
Announcement of Release:
Closing Protection Gaps:
HANDBOOK on Protection of Palestinian Refugees
in States Signatories to
the 1951 Refugee Convention
By BADIL
Resource Center
for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights
"None of the participants in the drafting sessions then taking place would
likely have predicted that, over 50 years later, Palestinians would still be
without a solution, or that their entitlement to protection would continue
to be disputed, or that a Handbook such as this would need to be published.”
(Prof. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill,
University
of Oxford)
The Handbook was first presented to the public at the 2005 annual UNHCR NGO
Consultations held in
Geneva
in September. It is intended to serve as a practical guide for refugee
experts, lawyers, judges, UNHCR offices, national authorities, NGOs and
others who are involved in asylum claims submitted by Palestinian refugees.
The Handbook addresses problems and protection gaps facing Palestinian
refugees who seek protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention and/or the
1954 Stateless Convention in third countries outside the Arab world. It aims
to strengthen implementation of legal protection standards applicable to
Palestinian refugees, in particular the rights embodied in Article 1D of the
1951 Refugee Convention.
The first two chapters of the Handbook provide background information about
Palestinian refugees set up by the United Nations for protection and
assistance to this refugee population, i.e. United Nations Conciliation
Commission for Palestine (UNCCP), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Chapters Three and Four focus on the
identification and interpretation of relevant international instruments and
protection standards (1951 Refugee Convention, including Article 1D, and
1954 Stateless Convention). Chapers Five and Six provide findings and
conclusions of comparative research on national practices with regard to
protection of Palestinian refugees in 23 non-Arab countries signatories to
these instruments. A set of BADIL recommendations for bridging the current
protection gaps and improving protection afforded to Palestinian refugees is
presented in Chapter Seven.
Findings are based on comparative research conducted in 23 countries.
Research was led by Elna Sondergaard, BADIL legal consultant, in 2003 –
2004. UNWRA and UNHCR, refugee laywers, and national immigration/asylum
authorities worldwide provided valuable input. The preface was contributed
by Prof. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill,
University
of Oxford.
English, 488 pages
August 2005
ISBN: 9950-339-00-6
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