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    The document provides a table of contents for a 5th edition revision of a textbook on international refugee law. Section I introduces the background and context of international refugee law, including the history of population movements and the legal and institutional frameworks governing refugee protection. Section II covers the international legal framework for refugee protection in more detail, outlining universal principles, the 1951 Refugee Convention and other forms of protection beyond refugee status. The table of contents lists over 15 subsections structured around these key topics in international refugee law.

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    The document provides a table of contents for a 5th edition revision of a textbook on international refugee law. Section I introduces the background and context of international refugee law, including the history of population movements and the legal and institutional frameworks governing refugee protection. Section II covers the international legal framework for refugee protection in more detail, outlining universal principles, the 1951 Refugee Convention and other forms of protection beyond refugee status. The table of contents lists over 15 subsections structured around these key topics in international refugee law.

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    The document provides a table of contents for a 5th edition revision of a textbook on international refugee law. Section I introduces the background and context of international refugee law, including the history of population movements and the legal and institutional frameworks governing refugee protection. Section II covers the international legal framework for refugee protection in more detail, outlining universal principles, the 1951 Refugee Convention and other forms of protection beyond refugee status. The table of contents lists over 15 subsections structured around these key topics in international refugee law.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR 5TH EDITION REVISION

    Section I
    Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context

    1. History of Population Movements: Migrants, Immigrants, Internally Displaced


    Persons, and Refugees
    a. The Concepts
    b. The Theories
    c. The Actual Movements

    2. The Legal and Institutional Framework for Refugee Protection


    a. The Evolution of the International Refugee Regime
    b. The Universal Standard: the 1951 Geneva Convention
    Refugee Definition and the Statute of the UNHCR
    i. Prior Definitions: Group Specific; Geographically
    and Temporally Limited
    ii. 1951 Geneva Convention: Universal Applicability; Optional
    Geographical and Temporal Limits
    iii. Expansion via the 1967 Protocol
    c. Contemporary Alternative Refugee Definitions
    i. Africa
    ii. Latin America
    iii. Europe
    d. Institutions and Actors in International Law Relevant to Refugee Protection

    3. Overview of National Legal Framework, Institutions, and Actors


    a. The Interface Between International Law and National Law
    b. Comparing National Systems

    Section II
    International Framework for Refugee Protection

    1. Universal Principles and Concepts of Refugee Protection


    a. Non-refoulement
    i. Core Principles
    ii. Interception and Rescue at Sea
    b. Asylum
    c. Temporary Protection
    d. Non-discrimination
    e. Family Unity
    f. Durable Solutions
    g. International Cooperation

    2. The 1951 Geneva Convention


    a. Access to Territory and Access to Procedures
    i. Article 33 non-refoulement
    ii. Article 31 illegal entry

    b. Procedures for Granting Protection


    i. Reception
    ii. Detention
    iii. Basic Procedural Requirements
    (a) Standards of Proof
    (b) Credibility
    (c) Special Issues
    (i) Post Traumatic Stress
    (ii) Gender Sensitive Techniques
    c. Criteria for Granting Protection
    i. Alienage
    (a) Outside the Country of Nationality
    (b) Owing to Fear Is Unable or Unwilling to Avail Self of
    Protection of Country of Nationality
    (c) Dual or Multiple Nationality
    (d) Stateless
    ii. Well-founded Fear
    iii. Persecution
    (a) Acts of Persecution
    (b) Agents of Persecution
    (c) Five Grounds: Race, Religion, Nationality, Social Group,
    Political Opinion
    iv. Internal Protection Alternative
    v. Exclusion from Convention Refugee Status
    d. Rights and Obligations of Refugees
    e. Cessation of Protection and Removal
    c. Groups with special Needs
    i. Women
    ii. Children
    iii. Elderly
    3. Other Forms of Universal Protection (Beyond Refugee Protection)
    a. Temporary Protection
    b. Humanitarian Protection
    c. Internally Displaced Persons

    4. Other Universal Instruments of Protection


    a. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    b. The UN International Convenant for Civil and Political Rights
    c. The UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
    Treatment or Punishment
    d. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
    e. The Geneva Conventions and Protocols: Miinimum Standards in Times of
    War

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