Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention

ISBN-13: 9781108747127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 206 str.

Matthew Scott

Opis

Revealing the role of discrimination in disasters challenges received wisdom about who is a refugee.

Recenzje

'Matthew Scott's book is a very welcome, thought-provoking and significant contribution to the discussion on the protection of persons displaced across borders in the context of disasters and adverse effects of climate change. Highlighting that disasters result from the interaction of natural hazards and social vulnerability rather than just being 'natural', he cogently shows how the refugee definition enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention should be interpreted to cover certain categories of individuals who, on account of pre-existing patterns of discrimination, are more vulnerable to the impacts of disasters than others. This is essential reading for everyone interested in exploring the potential of refugee law to address the plight of the growing number of persons forced to flee in the context of drought, flooding, sea-level rise and other forms of environmental degradation.' Walter Kälin, Universität Bern, Switzerland

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Two disaster paradigms; 3. Jurisprudence on RSD in the context of 'natural' disasters and climate change; 4. Interpreting the refugee definition; 5. The temporal scope of being persecuted; 6. The personal scope of being persecuted: the function of the non-discrimination norm within the refugee definition; 7. Refugee status determination in the context of 'natural' disasters and climate change; Appendix 1. Taxonomy.