Women Refugees in India : Problems and Perspectives

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Table of cases. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. Refugee : definition and meaning. 3. Linkage of refugee law with International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law. 4. Protection of refugees under international law. 5. Refugees in India: problems and perspectives. 6. Women refugees in India: economic, social and cultural rights. 7. Women refugees in India: civil and political rights. 8. Women refugees in India: an overview. Bibliography.

"The face of refugee portrayed in public sphere is usually that of a woman or a child. The felt need to extend special protection to refugee women in based on the premise that women in general constitute a vulnerable group and as such, have special needs and require special attention to address these needs. The human rights regime recognizes women as a specific category of persons in need of special protection and a number of treaties seek to address these needs. Despite a lot of efforts taken by the United Nations, the violence against women continues. The present book is a skillful blend of details study with practical problems and solutions in the field of refugee law. This carefully organized and clearly written text emphasizes on the protection of rights of refugee women in India. This book is a painstaking effort in the attempt to highlight the plight of refugee women and to suggest suitable solutions.

This book, the first of its kind, is a modest endeavour to meet the challenging requirement of understanding refugee problems in general and women in particular. It covers not only the latest position of law on the subject but also the present status of refugee women with respect to their economic, social, cultural as well as civil and political rights. The author has lucidly brought out the interrelation between international humanitarian law, international refugee law and international human rights law.

This book will be useful to a wide and varied audience including students, teachers, researchers legal practitioners, social workers, NGOs dealing with protection of refugees and all those interested in the study and acquisition of knowledge of refugee law." (jacket)