The Child in International Refugee Law

Jason M. Pobjoy is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London, where he has a broad practice including public and human rights law, refugee and immigration law, and public international law. He is a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford.

• Introduction; 1. Situating the refugee child in international law; 2. The child and the refugee status determination process; 3. An age-sensitive assessment of risk; 4. A child rights framework for identifying persecutory harm; 5. Nexus to a convention ground; 6. The convention on the rights of the child as a complementary source of protection; Conclusions; Annex 1. CRC, preamble and Articles 1 to 41; Annex 2. Refugee Convention, preamble and Article 1; Annex 3. Final act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries, Recommendation B (principle of family unity).

'This book is an exceptional contribution to international refugee law; it displays originality and rigour throughout. It is a remarkable achievement and a major scholarly intervention in ongoing conversations about the future direction of international refugee law. The arguments advanced will have a profound impact on the approach to the relationship between international human rights law and refugee law, and will assist in reshaping legal and policy responses.' Colin Harvey, Queen's University, Belfast