The arc of protection : reforming the international refugee regime

The international refugee regime is fundamentally broken. Designed in the wake of World War II to provide protection and assistance, the system is unable to address the record numbers of persons displaced by conflict and violence today. States have put up fences and adopted policies to deny, deter, and detain asylum seekers. People recognized as refugees are routinely denied rights guaranteed by international law. The results are dismal for the millions of refugees around the world who are left with slender prospects to rebuild their lives or contribute to host communities. T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Leah Zamore lay bare the underlying global crisis of responsibility. __The Arc of Protection__ adopts a revisionist and critical perspective that examines the original premises of the international refugee regime. Aleinikoff and Zamore identify compromises at the founding of the system that attempted to balance humanitarian ideals and sovereign control of their borders by states. This book offers a way out of the current international morass through refocusing on responsibility-sharing, seeing the humanitarian-development divide in a new light, and putting refugee rights front and center. The International Refugee Regime Is Fundamentally Broken. Designed In The Wake Of World War Ii To Provide Protection And Assistance, The System Is Unable To Address The Record Numbers Of Persons Displaced By Conflict And Violence Today. States Have Put Up Fences And Adopted Policies To Deny, Deter, And Detain Asylum Seekers. People Recognized As Refugees Are Routinely Denied Rights Guaranteed By International Law. The Results Are Dismal For The Millions Of Refugees Around The World Who Are Left With Slender Prospects To Rebuild Their Lives Or Contribute To Host Communities. T. Alexander Aleinikoff And Leah Zamore Lay Bare The Underlying Global Crisis Of Responsibility. The Arc Of Protection Adopts A Revisionist And Critical Perspective That Examines The Original Premises Of The International Refugee Regime. Aleinikoff And Zamore Identify Compromises At The Founding Of The System That Attempted To Balance Humanitarian Ideals With Sovereign Control Of Their Borders By States. This Book Offers A Way Out Of The Current International Morass Through Refocusing On Responsibility-sharing, Seeing The Humanitarian-development Divide In A New Light, And Putting Refugee Rights Front And Center. The Inconvenient Refugee -- The International Protection Regime -- Principles Of Protection -- From Whom Is International Protection Warranted? -- Conclusion : Reform. T. Alexander Aleinikoff And Leah Zamore. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 141-169). "The international refugee regime is fundamentally broken. Designed in the wake of World War II to provide protection and assistance, the system is unable to address the record numbers of persons displaced by conflict and violence today. States have put up fences and adopted policies to deny, deter, and detain asylum seekers. People recognized as refugees are routinely denied rights guaranteed by international law. The results are dismal for the millions of refugees around the world who are left with slender prospects to rebuild their lives or contribute to host communities. T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Leah Zamore lay bare the underlying global crisis of responsibility. The Arc of Protection adopts a revisionist and critical perspective that examines the original premises of the international refugee regime. Aleinikoff and Zamore identify compromises at the founding of the system that attempted to balance humanitarian ideals with sovereign control of their borders by states. This book offers a way out of the current international morass through refocusing on responsibility-sharing, seeing the humanitarian-development divide in a new light, and putting refugee rights front and center"--Back cover Historians of wilderness have shown that nature reserves are used ideologically in the construction of American national identity. But the contemporary problem of wilderness demands examination of how profoundly nature-in-reserve influences something more fundamental, namely what counts as being well, having a life, and having a future. What is wellness for the citizens to whom the parks are said to democratically belong? And how does the presence of foreigners threaten this wellness? Recent critiques of the Wilderness Act focus exclusively on its ecological effects, ignoring the extent to which wilderness policy affects our contemporary collective experience and political imagination. Tracing the challenges that migration and indigenousness currently pose to the national park system and the Wilderness Act, Grebowicz foregrounds concerns with social justice against the ecological and aesthetic ones that have created and continue to shape these environments. With photographs by Jacqueline Schlossman.