The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law

This book explores the status of Palestinian refugees in international law, focusing both on the position of Palestinians in the Arab world and in Western countries. It contains a thorough and useful analysis of various areas of international law, including refugee law, the law relating to stateless persons, humanitarian law, and human rights law, and probes their relevance to the provision of international protection for Palestinian refugees to the search for a durable solution within the context of the Middle East peace process. The book includes: a complete analysis of the application and interpretation of article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ; a detailed examination of the roles of UNRWA, UNHCR, and other institutions providing protection to Palestinian refugees ; an overview of the most pressing issues that need to be addressed during the so-called permanent status negotiations on the Palestinian refugee question ; an excursus providing detailed information on the legal status of Palestinian refugees in the various Arab states ; annexes containing a number of important documents no previously published, including the English translation of the 1965 Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States. (Adapted from Publisher's Abstract).