Recent publications on international human rights
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051918785007 |
| Published date | 01 September 2018 |
| Date | 01 September 2018 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications
Recent publications on
international human rights
A Mediterranean Perspective on Migrants’ Flows in the European Union: Protection of Rights,
Intercultural Encounters and Integration Policies / Giuseppe Cataldi (ed.). Editoriale Scientifica,
2016. ISBN: 9788863429053 8863429057
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Accessing Asylum in Europe: Extraterritorial Border Controls and Refugee Rights under EU Law /
Violeta Moreno Lax. Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780198701002
This monograph examines the interface between extraterritorial border surveillance, migration
management, and asylum seeking under EU law. The final goal is to determine the compatibility of
pre-entry controls, carried out in the form of Schengen visas, carrier sanctions (with or without
assistance from ILOs), and maritime interdiction, with the fundamental rights acquis of the EU, in
particular the right to protection against refoulement, the right to asylum, and the rights to good
administration and effective judicial protection enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The conflictual assertion contained in Tampere and successor programmes that the Union shall
remain ‘open’ to those seeking access to it in search of protection, but, at the same time, ‘counter-
act illegal immigration and cross-border crime’ provides the background to this research. The
result has been an ambiguous regulation of access to EU territory for asylum purposes. Two sets of
rules have developed simultaneously, which are difficult to reconcile: one set assimilates protec-
tion seekers to the generic category of ‘third-country nationals’ subject to Schengen admission
criteria, with another set containing references to ‘special provisions’ applicable to exiles, leading
to a situation where up to 90%of refugee arrivals occur through irregular (unsafe) channels, as
smuggled or trafficked migrants. In these circumstances, elucidating the exact reach of EU inter-
national protection obligations and the articulation between EU border/pre-border norms and EU
fundamental rights becomes essential. The monograph thus strives to determine the content of the
specific responsibilities of the Member States in this context and establish their implications for the
‘integrated border management’ system the Union is committed to realise.
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The Human Right to Water: Theory, Practice and Prospects / Malcolm Langford and Anna F. S.
Russell (eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781108517508
In a short space of time, the right to water has emerged from relative obscurity to claim a prominent
place in human rights theory and practice. This book explores this rise descriptively and prescrip-
tively. It analyses the recognition, use and partly impact, of the right to water in international and
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2018, Vol. 36(3) 232–237
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