The Global Reach of European Refugee Law

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Europe has the most advanced regional protection regime in the world. The predicted impact of this body of norms, including the new Common European Asylum System, has been widely identified as one that will have a 'ripple effect' beyond the EU. However, very few studies have noted the fact that this regime has already influenced the law and practice of states around the world, for some time. The purpose of this book is to gather evidence that emulation is happening (if it is), to explore the extent and identify the processes through which it is happening, and to examine the implications of these findings. A review of seven case studies reveals all but one of these cases provides clear evidence of emulation at some point in time. The EU protection regime, which has been most influenced by the European Court of Human Rights, is 'naturally' evolving transnationally and spreading internationally.

Helene Lambert is Professor of International Law, University of Westminster, London, where she teaches Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and EU Law. She has been a regular consultant for the Council of Europe; she also served briefly as a Protection Officer for UNHCR (1996). She has written extensively on asylum, refugees and human rights. Jane McAdam is Scientia Professor of Law and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia. She is also Director of the International Refugee and Migration Law project at the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law. She has undertaken consultancies for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and a number of governments on forced migration issues. Maryellen Fullerton is Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, New York. She has been selected twice as a Fulbright Scholar, most recently serving as the Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Trento, Italy. In addition to publishing numerous academic publications on refugee and migration law, she served as a reporter for Human Rights Watch and headed several human rights missions in Germany.

'... this volume represents an excellent contribution to the academic literature and would be a welcome addition to any bookshelf. It is hoped that the research undertaken here will act as a spur for further exploration of this ever-changing and developing area.' Sarah Singer, International and Comparative Law Quarterly '... the book is exceptionally well written and structured, and methodologically sound. It provides a wealth of comparative knowledge of the asylum systems worldwide. It is also very valuable in terms of elucidating the evolutionary trajectories of these systems and tracing the impulses that shaped them.' Marija Jovanovic, International Journal of Refugee Law