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Krever, Tor (2011) "Mopping-up" : UNHCR, neutrality and non-refoulement since the cold war. Chinese Journal of International Law, 10 (3). pp. 587-608. doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jmr019 ISSN 1540-1650.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmr019
Abstract
Since the close of the Cold War, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has undergone a fundamental mutation, reinventing itself as a humanitarian actor, extending its activities into “countries of origin” and, most recently, providing increasing assistance to internally displaced persons. Mainstream narratives present this expansion of UNHCR activities as the realization of a humanitarian potential previously curtailed and a signal improvement in the organization's work. This article offers a critical reassessment of UNHCR's evolution and, in doing so, questions the orthodox account. It traces the curve of UNHCR's recent development to the early 1990s and argues that the use of a humanitarian discourse masks what is fundamentally a shift to policies of containment—and the pursuit of State, not refugee, interests—which have undermined UNHCR's protection mandate.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JX International law J Political Science > JZ International relations K Law [Moys] > KC International Law |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Chinese Journal of International Law | ||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 1540-1650 | ||||||
Official Date: | 27 July 2011 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 587-608 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/chinesejil/jmr019 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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