Publications

Academic and Professional Books

The UNHCR and the Supervision of International Refugee Law

Edited by: James C. Simeon, York University, Toronto
Cambridge University Press

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and its 1967 Protocol, and many other important international instruments recognize the unique role the UNHCR plays in protecting refugees and supervising international refugee law. This in-depth analysis of the UNHCR's supervisory role in the international refugee protection regime examines the part played by key institutions, organizations and actors in the supervision of international refugee law. It provides suggestions and recommendations on how the UNHCR's supervisory role can be strengthened to ensure greater State Parties' compliance to their obligations under these international refugee rights treaties, and contributes to enhancing the international protection of refugees and to the promotion of a democratic global governance of the international refugee protection regime.

Critical Issues in International Refugee Law
Strategies toward Interpretative Harmony

Edited by: James C. Simeon, York University, Toronto
Cambridge University Press

This 2010 volume of essays examines key areas of international refugee law, including strategies for interpretative harmony, the rights of refugees and the standard of proof in complementary protection. Each topic is examined from a theoretical and a practical perspective in order to find solutions to the many legal issues and concerns which confront this area of law, and to seek ways to advance the field as a whole.