Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps : Unable and Unwilling States, UNHCR and International Responsibility.

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Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Select List of Acronyms; Part 1: Introduction; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Origin of the Study; 1.2 Refugee Camp Security -- A Matter of International Concern?; 1.3 Contemporary Issues in Refugee Camp Security; 1.4 Subject Matter; Part 2: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework; 2 Theoretical and Methodological Underpinnings; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Applicable Fields of International Law; 2.3 Grasping Legal Positivism; 2.4 Traditional Sources of International Law.

2.5 Specifically on Methodological and Material Boundaries in Legal Scholarship2.6 Conclusions; 3 Key Concepts and Definitions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Responsibility; 3.3 The Refugee Camp; 3.4 Refugee Camp Militarization; 3.5 The Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum/Refugee Camps; 3.6 Protection, Safety and Security; 3.7 Conclusions; Part 3: Identifying Refugee Camp Responsibility: Host States, UNHCR and "Implementing Partnerships"; Introducing Part 3; 4 The Host State; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Generally on the System of State Responsibility.

4.3 International Human Rights Law as a Tool for State Responsibility4.4 International Refugee Law as a Tool for State Responsibility; 4.5 International Humanitarian Law as a Tool for State Responsibility; 4.6 Attribution of Conduct to the State; 4.7 Responsibility in View of a State's Willingness and Ability; 4.8 Considering Shared Responsibility; 4.9 Conclusions; 5 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Human Rights Obligations and Presence in Host States; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 UNHCR'S Legal Personality and Autonomy; 5.3 International Law Obligations of UNHCR.

5.4 Qualifications for UNHCR'S Presence in the Territory of States5.5 Conclusions; 6 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: International Responsibility; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Legal Authority of the ARIO; 6.3 Wrongful Act and Breach of An International Obligation; 6.4 Attribution to UNHCR; 6.5 Uganda: A UNHCR Omission to Provide International Protection or Simply a "Bad Protection Job"?; 6.6 Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness; 6.7 Considering Shared Responsibility; 6.8 Conclusions; 7 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Implementing Partners; 7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Factual and Historical Perspectives of Implementing Partnerships7.3 The Competence of UNHCR to Delegate Functions to Implementing Partners; 7.4 Process of Delegation and Contractual Relationship between UNHCR and Implementing Partners; 7.5 Attribution of Conduct by NGO Implementing Partners to UNHCR; 7.6 Conclusions; Part 4: Conclusions; 8 Concluding Remarks and Suggestions for the Future; 8.1 UNHCR and Unwilling or Unable States; 8.2 UNHCR'S Mandate of International Protection and Physical Security; 8.3 Clarifying UNHCR'S Relationship with NGO Implementing Partners.

In Protecting Civilians in Refugee Camps: Unable and Unwilling States, UNHCR and Issues of Responsibility, Maja Janmyr explores the allocation of international responsibility for human rights violations taking place in UNHCR-administered refugee camps.

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