The Refugee in International Law

A lot has happened since the 2nd edition of Goodwin-Gill's famous work was published in 1996. The CSR51 reached its half-century, celebrated (acknowledged?) by Global Consultations and Convention Plus (or Convention Lite, as some called it). Subsidiary, or complementary, protection is now well established in many countries as a way of granting international protection to those who do not qualify for refugee status (or perhaps to avoid granting refugee status). We have Guidelines on Internally Displaced Persons. The UNHCR has started to take more of an interest in the plight of stateless people. Absolute numbers of refugees appear to have gone down in some parts of the world but some countries (particularly those adjacent to conflict zones) remain severely burdened by having to look after large numbers of refugees and displaced people, while others have reinvented their territory to enable them to assert that people who have reached their...