Broadening the Edges

Download or read book Broadening the Edges written by Pirkko Kourula and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1997-08-20 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings the refugee issue out of the narrow confines of refugee law into the centre of international law and international relations. It reviews the concept of the refugee and the international protection of refugees from the unconventional angle of the prospects and limitations of multilateralism in the post Cold War era. The broadening concept of security, affecting the attitudes of states towards refugees, is the underlying theme of the book. As a result, the contemporary preoccupation with how best to provide international protection to all those in need of it is reviewed from a number of relevant perspectives: including that of peacekeeping, sanctions, and coordination and competence within the United Nations.