African asylum at a crossroads : activism, expert testimony, and refugee rights

African asylum at a crossroads activism, expert testimony, and refugee rights

African Asylum at a Crossroads: Activism, Expert Testimony, and Refugee Rights examines the emerging trend of requests for expert opinions in asylum hearings or refugee status determinations. This is the first book to explore the role of court-based expertise in relation to African asylum cases and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Berger, Iris (Editor), Berger, Iris, 1941- editor (editor), Andrews, Penelope, writer of foreword (writer of foreword), Ngom, Fallou, writer of foreword
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press 2015
2015.
Materias:
Political refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > Africa.
Asylum, Right of > Africa.
Evidence, Expert.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435735806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Law, Expertise, and Protean Ideas about African Migrants; 1: Before Asylum and the Expert Witness; 2: Fraudulent Asylum Seeking as Transnational Mobilization[18]; 3: The Evolving Refugee Definition; 4: Expert Evidence in British Asylum Courts; 5: "The Immigration People Know the Stories. There's One for Each Country"; 6: Cultural Silences as an Excuse for Injustice; 7: Between Advocacy and Deception; 8: Allegations, Evidence, and Evaluation; 9: Sexual Minorities among African Asylum Claimants
  • 10: The "Asylum-Advocacy Nexus" in Anthropological PerspectiveAFTERWORD; About the Authors; Index

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