The Normative Terrain of the Global Refugee Regime. Issue 4 (11th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Betts, Alexander
• Is Part Of: Ethics & international affairs. Volume 29:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 363
• Page End: 375
• Publication Date: 2015-12-11
• Subjects: International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 172.405
• DOI: 10.1017/S0892679415000350
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0892-6794

Abstract

Abstract : The global refugee regime encompasses the rules, norms, principles, and decision-making procedures that govern states' responses to refugees. It comprises a set of norms, primarily those entrenched in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, which defines who is a refugee and the rights to which such people are entitled. It also comprises an international organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which has supervisory responsibility for ensuring that states meet their obligations toward refugees.