This volume surveys some issues of law and policy affecting refugees in the Asian region. The movement and presence of refugees in different parts of the region is surveyed, and the general legal position evaluated--from multilateral treaties to regional and national initiatives. The author surveys a selection of country profiles to illustrate the national implementation of law and policy, and to highlight performance of three Asian countries which have acceded to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Committee assessed: China, Japan, and the Philippines. Attention is given to the five other...

This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 34 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is part of the series, A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides an article by article analysis of all substantive, organizational and procedural provisions of the CRC and its two Optional Protocols. For every article, a comparison with related human rights provisions is made, followed by an in-depth exploration of the nature and scope of State obligations deriving from that article. The series constitutes an essential tool...