Arthur C Helton
Biographic Data
| ID | 1184774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur C Helton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur C |
| FAMILY NAME | Helton |
| SIGNATURE | HELTON A C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Political Asylum Under the 1980 Refugee Act
Part I of this Article reviews the history and development of asylum law in the United States which culminated in the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980. It analyzes the failure of the responsible administrative authorities to follow the dictates of the law - a circumstance which prompted the passage of the Act and which now threatens to subvert the right to asylum in the United States. Part II considers the impact on asylum seekers of new alien …
Borderline
Borderline: Australia's Response to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Wake of the Tampa PeterMares , University of New South Wales, Sydney , 2d ed., 2002; price: $29.95
Palestinian Refugee Property and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Actions Speak Louder
The price of indifference
1. Introduction 2. Why refugees matter 3. The last decade's refugee story 4. Humanitarian action and new complexities in refugee protection: the former Yugoslavia 5. Surmounting indifference: refugees and the new statecraft 6. Varieties of refugee concerns: the beginnings of a policy tool box 7. Imagining better refugee policy 8. International bureaucracy and the debasement of mercy 9. Reaction and inattention within the US Government 10. Achievi…
The Price of Indifference
To prevent or mitigate refugee catastrophes, more effective international cooperation is needed in advance of crises. In this connection, new mechanisms are needed to marshal resources to promote the sustainable return of refugees and internally displaced persons, and successfully undertake post‐conflict recovery. Where prevention fails, more can be done to protect the displaced and help them find new homes. A greater degree of concerted action i…
Rescuing the Refugees
Introduction
THIS section on “The Training of the Military: National Law and the Teaching of the Geneva Conventions” follows the discussion on just and unjust war. Although the previous authors pose profound and fundamental questions about the legitimacy of the use of force, the papers in this section assume the legality of the use of military force (that issue is, however, also touched on in the papers that follow). The core issue for our inquiry involves th…
The State of the World's Refugees
1 Refugee Studies and Preventive Action Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Bureaucracy and the Quality of Mercy
Cet article examine les problemes complexes de coordination des differentes actions humanitaires a un niveau international, en prenant plus particulierement les exemples du Kosovo et de la Sierra Leone. La coordination entre les differents donateurs et les ONG, les relations entre militaires et civils, l'initiative de l'institution Brookings de Washington, sont particulierement etudies
Kosovo
"Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War, by Julie A. Mertus." Canadian Journal of History, 36(1), pp. 160–161
Safe Third Countries
Refugees and international relations emergence of the European refugee regime European integration and international relations
Religion and persecution
Journal Article Religion and persecution: should the United States provide refuge to German Scientologists? Get access AC Helton, AC Helton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J Münker J Münker Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 11, Issue 2, April 1999, Pages 310–328, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/11.2.310 Published: 01 April 199…
Forced migration in the former Yugoslavia
This article chronicles the magnitude and characteristics of displacement during the conflicts that ensued after the dissolution in 1991 of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and now Kosovo. It addresses the phenomenon of’ ethnic cleansing’, along with its implications for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as their prospects for repatriation and needs for new…
Legal Dimensions of Responses to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Legal Dimensions of Responses to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON *Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 10, Issue 3, July 1998, Pages 533–546, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/10.3.533 Published: 01 July 1998
The CIS Migration Conference
Journal Article The CIS Migration Conference: A Chance to Prevent and Ameliorate Forced Movements of People in the Former Soviet Union Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 8, Issue 1-2, January 1996, Pages 169–179, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/8.1-2.169 Published: 01 January 1996
A Regional Conference on Migration in the former Soviet Union
UNHCR and Protection in the 90s
Journal Article UNHCR and Protection in the 90s Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1–5, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/6.1.1 Published: 01 January 1994
Current dilemmas
More people are now in flight from persecution, war, repression, and other events disturbing the public order than at any time since World War II. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports over 17 million refugees worldwide — people who have crossed a border and who have a fear of persecution upon return. This population includes those fleeing atrocities in Bosnia‐Herzegovina, near anarchy in Somalia, and sim…
Refugee Determination under the Comprehensive Plan of Action
Refugee Determination under the Comprehensive Plan of Action: Overview and Assessment ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON * Director, Refugee Project, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York City; Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 544–558, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/5.4.544 Published: 01 January 1993
The Legality of Providing Humanitarian Assistance Without the Consent of the Sovereign
Journal Article The Legality of Providing Humanitarian Assistance Without the Consent of the Sovereign Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON * Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 4, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 373–375, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/4.3.373 Published: 01 January 1992
The Role of Refugee, Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Planning for the Repatriation of Kampuchean Asylum Seekers in Thailand
Journal Article The Role of Refugee, Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Planning for the Repatriation of Kampuchean Asylum Seekers in Thailand Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 547–563, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/3.3.547 Published: 01 July 1991
The New Convention from the Perspective of a Country of Employment
The New Convention from the Perspective of a Country of Employment
of an alien from the United States on account of retaliation for seeking to enforce labor or employment rights. The International Convention on die Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Convention), which has been recommended to be opened for signature by the Third Committee of the United Nations, poses significant considerations in terms of accession by a country such as the United States. As a developed …
What is Refugee Protection
What is Refugee Protection? Arthur C. Helton Arthur C. Helton *Member of the New York Bar; Director of the Refugee Project of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. The assistance of Lisa Gomberg, a law student, in the preparation of this paper is gratefully acknowledged. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 2, Issue Special_Issue, 1 September 1990, Pages 119–129, h…
Refugee Determination under the Comprehensive Plan of Action
Refugee Determination under the Comprehensive Plan of Action: Overview and Assessment ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON * Director, Refugee Project, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York City; Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 544–558, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/5.4.544 Published: 01 January 1993
Asylum and Refugee Protection in Thailand
This article concerns asylum and refugee protection in Thailand. It examines the background to the flight of asylum seekers from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos into Thailand beginning in 1975. It also discusses the international arrangements that were made at a conference under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva in 1979 respecting the protection and resettlement abroad of those who fled to Thailand. The current treatment of Cambodians, Laot…
Rescuing the Refugees
The New Convention from the Perspective of a Country of Employment
of an alien from the United States on account of retaliation for seeking to enforce labor or employment rights. The International Convention on die Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Convention), which has been recommended to be opened for signature by the Third Committee of the United Nations, poses significant considerations in terms of accession by a country such as the United States. As a developed …
Displaced Salvadorans in New York
Several circumstances have combined recently to produce an outflow of Central American and other asylum seekers from areas in and around ~e w York State, and their relocation across the Canadian border in Plattsburgh and Buffalo, New York. Similar relocations are reported in Detroit. Plattsburgh, a small town border town in the Adirondack Mountains, has become a place of refuge for over 270 "bus people" who stopped there on their way to Canada. M…
Safe Third Countries
Refugees and international relations emergence of the European refugee regime European integration and international relations
Forced migration in the former Yugoslavia
This article chronicles the magnitude and characteristics of displacement during the conflicts that ensued after the dissolution in 1991 of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and now Kosovo. It addresses the phenomenon of’ ethnic cleansing’, along with its implications for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as their prospects for repatriation and needs for new…
Displaced Salvadorans in New York
Several circumstances have combined recently to produce an outflow of Central American and other asylum seekers from areas in and around ~e w York State, and their relocation across the Canadian border in Plattsburgh and Buffalo, New York. Similar relocations are reported in Detroit. Plattsburgh, a small town border town in the Adirondack Mountains, has become a place of refuge for over 270 "bus people" who stopped there on their way to Canada. M…
The Need for a Formal Safe Haven Remedy in the United States
Asylum and Refugee Protection in Thailand
This article concerns asylum and refugee protection in Thailand. It examines the background to the flight of asylum seekers from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos into Thailand beginning in 1975. It also discusses the international arrangements that were made at a conference under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva in 1979 respecting the protection and resettlement abroad of those who fled to Thailand. The current treatment of Cambodians, Laot…
What is Refugee Protection
What is Refugee Protection? Arthur C. Helton Arthur C. Helton *Member of the New York Bar; Director of the Refugee Project of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. The assistance of Lisa Gomberg, a law student, in the preparation of this paper is gratefully acknowledged. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 2, Issue Special_Issue, 1 September 1990, Pages 119–129, h…
Final Asylum Rules in the United States
Final Asylum Rules in the United States: New Opportunities and Challenges Get access Arthur C. Helton Arthur C. Helton *Member of the Editorial Board. Director, Refugee Project, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York, NY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1 October 1990, Pages 642–646, https://doi.org/10.1093/reflaw/2.4.642 Published: 18 May 2016
The Role of Refugee, Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Planning for the Repatriation of Kampuchean Asylum Seekers in Thailand
Journal Article The Role of Refugee, Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in Planning for the Repatriation of Kampuchean Asylum Seekers in Thailand Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 1991, Pages 547–563, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/3.3.547 Published: 01 July 1991
The New Convention from the Perspective of a Country of Employment
The New Convention from the Perspective of a Country of Employment
of an alien from the United States on account of retaliation for seeking to enforce labor or employment rights. The International Convention on die Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Convention), which has been recommended to be opened for signature by the Third Committee of the United Nations, poses significant considerations in terms of accession by a country such as the United States. As a developed …
The Legality of Providing Humanitarian Assistance Without the Consent of the Sovereign
Journal Article The Legality of Providing Humanitarian Assistance Without the Consent of the Sovereign Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON * Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 4, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 373–375, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/4.3.373 Published: 01 January 1992
Current dilemmas
More people are now in flight from persecution, war, repression, and other events disturbing the public order than at any time since World War II. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports over 17 million refugees worldwide — people who have crossed a border and who have a fear of persecution upon return. This population includes those fleeing atrocities in Bosnia‐Herzegovina, near anarchy in Somalia, and sim…
Refugee Determination under the Comprehensive Plan of Action
Refugee Determination under the Comprehensive Plan of Action: Overview and Assessment ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON * Director, Refugee Project, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York City; Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 544–558, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/5.4.544 Published: 01 January 1993
UNHCR and Protection in the 90s
Journal Article UNHCR and Protection in the 90s Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1–5, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/6.1.1 Published: 01 January 1994
A Regional Conference on Migration in the former Soviet Union
The CIS Migration Conference
Journal Article The CIS Migration Conference: A Chance to Prevent and Ameliorate Forced Movements of People in the Former Soviet Union Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 8, Issue 1-2, January 1996, Pages 169–179, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/8.1-2.169 Published: 01 January 1996
Legal Dimensions of Responses to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Legal Dimensions of Responses to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies Get access ARTHUR C. HELTON ARTHUR C. HELTON *Member of the Editorial Board Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 10, Issue 3, July 1998, Pages 533–546, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/10.3.533 Published: 01 July 1998
Religion and persecution
Journal Article Religion and persecution: should the United States provide refuge to German Scientologists? Get access AC Helton, AC Helton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar J Münker J Münker Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 11, Issue 2, April 1999, Pages 310–328, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/11.2.310 Published: 01 April 199…
Forced migration in the former Yugoslavia
This article chronicles the magnitude and characteristics of displacement during the conflicts that ensued after the dissolution in 1991 of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and now Kosovo. It addresses the phenomenon of’ ethnic cleansing’, along with its implications for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as their prospects for repatriation and needs for new…
Safe Third Countries
Refugees and international relations emergence of the European refugee regime European integration and international relations
The State of the World's Refugees
1 Refugee Studies and Preventive Action Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Bureaucracy and the Quality of Mercy
Cet article examine les problemes complexes de coordination des differentes actions humanitaires a un niveau international, en prenant plus particulierement les exemples du Kosovo et de la Sierra Leone. La coordination entre les differents donateurs et les ONG, les relations entre militaires et civils, l'initiative de l'institution Brookings de Washington, sont particulierement etudies
Kosovo
"Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War, by Julie A. Mertus." Canadian Journal of History, 36(1), pp. 160–161
The price of indifference
1. Introduction 2. Why refugees matter 3. The last decade's refugee story 4. Humanitarian action and new complexities in refugee protection: the former Yugoslavia 5. Surmounting indifference: refugees and the new statecraft 6. Varieties of refugee concerns: the beginnings of a policy tool box 7. Imagining better refugee policy 8. International bureaucracy and the debasement of mercy 9. Reaction and inattention within the US Government 10. Achievi…
The Price of Indifference
To prevent or mitigate refugee catastrophes, more effective international cooperation is needed in advance of crises. In this connection, new mechanisms are needed to marshal resources to promote the sustainable return of refugees and internally displaced persons, and successfully undertake post‐conflict recovery. Where prevention fails, more can be done to protect the displaced and help them find new homes. A greater degree of concerted action i…
Rescuing the Refugees
Introduction
THIS section on “The Training of the Military: National Law and the Teaching of the Geneva Conventions” follows the discussion on just and unjust war. Although the previous authors pose profound and fundamental questions about the legitimacy of the use of force, the papers in this section assume the legality of the use of military force (that issue is, however, also touched on in the papers that follow). The core issue for our inquiry involves th…
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