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Professor Guy S. Goodwin Gill is also Professor of International Refugee Law, was formerly Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam, and served as a Legal Adviser in the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1976-1988. He practises as a Barrister from Blackstone Chambers, London, and he has written extensively on refugees, migration, international organizations, elections, democratization, and child soldiers; Recent publications include/ The Refugee in International Law/, (OUP, 2007), 3rd edn. with Dr Jane McAdam; /Free and Fair Elections/, (Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2nd edn., 2006); /Basic Documents on Human Rights/, (OUP, 2006), 5th edn., with Ian Brownlie, eds.
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G S Goodwin-Gill, 'Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: Non-penalization, detention, and protection' in Erika Feller, Volker Turk, & Frances Nicholson, eds. (eds), Refugee Protection in International Law: UNHCR’s Global Consultations on International Protection (Cambridge. Cambridge University Press 2003) [...]
Examines the background (travaux preparatoires) to the drafting of Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, which provides for the non-penalization of certain refugees entering or present in a State party without authorization. Reviews the implementation of this provision in the practice of States.
ISBN: 0-521-53281-7
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'Asylum 2001 – A Convention and a Purpose' (2001) 13 International Journal of Refugee Law 1 [...]
Examines the future of asylum and the 1951 Convention/1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
ISBN: 0953-8186
G S Goodwin-Gill, Sir Ian Brownlie CBE QC and Guy S. Goodwin-Gill (eds), Brownlie\'s Documents on Human Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010) [...]
An extensive updated collection of key documents covering all elements of the subject, plus commentary and bibliographic annotation. Organized by reference to UN instruments, UN sponsored conventions, ILO, UNESCO, and regional instruments.
ISBN: 978-0-19-956404-0
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'Europe: A place to seek, to be granted, and to enjoy asylum?' in Cristina Gortázar, María-Carolina Parra, Barbara Segaert & Christiane Timmerman (eds), European Migration and Asylum Policies: Coherence or Contradiction? (Bruylant 2012) [...]
Does the individual have a right to be granted asylum? The traditional answer has long been 'No', any right being that of the State to grant or not to grant. This chapter argues that there is indeed an obligation to grant asylum, drawing among others on elementary considerations of humanity and human rights obligations owed erga omnes. I argue further that this has legal and policy implications, in particular, for the EU, the Court of Justice, the Strasbourg Court, and States.
ISBN: 978-2-8027-3602-8
G S Goodwin-Gill, 'Everyone and the Citizen: The Devaluation of Principles and Protection' in Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis (eds), Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK; Northampton, MA, USA 2007) [...]
This chapter considers briefly how 'anti-terrorism' measures have prejudiced the security of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, challenged the rule of law in the United Kingdom, and incidentally raised questions concerning the democratic entitlement to govern.
ISBN: 978-1-84542-917-1
Teaching: Human Rights Law; Public International Law
Research: Public International Law including international organisations, human rights, migrants and refugees, elections and democratisation; children's rights
Public International Law @ Oxford
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