David James Cantor
Biographic Data
| ID | 1406381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David James Cantor |
| GIVEN NAMES | David James |
| FAMILY NAME | Cantor |
| SIGNATURE | CANTOR D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor and Director, Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study University of London United Kingdom |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Divergent dynamics
Disasters and conflicts are both widely recognised as 'drivers' of internal displacement. Yet, despite a growing body of research and policy, there has been little consideration to date of how the different features of each 'context' shape the micro-level dynamics of internal displacement. Where and why are these dynamics similar across the two contexts and how do they differ? This paper draws on general concepts from the disaster field to develo…
Internal Displacement, Internal Migration, and Refugee Flows
How does internal displacement compare to other related forms of movement? This article draws on existing evidence to explore, specifically in countries affected by armed conflict or other serious violence, how internal displacement relates empirically to (1) internal economic migration as a more voluntary form of “internal” movement and (2) refugee flows as an external form of “forced” movement. This analysis of the available evidence suggests a…
Reconsidering African Refugee Law
Fifty years have now passed since the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa was adopted by the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Within international refugee law, the OAU Refugee Convention (OAU Convention) is often taken to encapsulate the ‘African’ legal approach to refugees. This anniversary represents an opportune moment to review the state of ‘African’ refugee law. This article seeks to contribute to…
Returns of Internally Displaced Persons during Armed Conflict
By 2017, it was estimated that over 40 million people were displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence across at least 56 countries worldwide. Solutions to the epidemic of forced internal displacement are frequently premised on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Indeed, as a characteristic need of IDPs, such returns benefit from a special protection framework developed by IDP protection instruments such as the Gu…
Fairness, Failure, and Future in the Refugee Regime
The IDP in International Law’? Developments, Debates, Prospects
Journal Article 'The IDP in International Law'? Developments, Debates, Prospects Get access David James Cantor David James Cantor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 191–217, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eey031 Published: 06 September 2018
The End of Refugee Law
Journal Article The End of Refugee Law? Get access David James Cantor David James Cantor *The author ([email protected]) is Director of the Refugee Law Initiative at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Human Rights Practice, Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2017, Pages 203–211, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/hux022 Published: 17 August 2017
Human Rights and the Refugee Definition
Does human rights law help us to de ne who quali es as a refugee? If so, then how? These deceptively simple questions sit at the heart of an intense contemporary debate over whether, or how, interpretation of the refugee de nition in the Refugee Convention should take account of human rights law. In Human Rights and the Refugee De nition, Burson and Cantor bring a ne-grained comparative perspective to this debate. For the rst time, they collect t…
The Emperor’s New Clothing
The “scandal” of foreign criminals whom our governments cannot send back to their own countries has become something of a tabloid obsession. Yet, while suspected or convicted of serious crimes or considered to pose a danger to society, such “undesirable and unreturnable” aliens equally often languish in an ambiguous and even dangerous state of protracted legal “limbo”, lacking a defined immigration status and attendant access to basic rights in t…
The Inter-American human rights system
A novel set of protections for refugees and asylum-seekers exists within the Inter-American human rights system, the scope of which has been developed considerably in recent years through the jurisprudence of its institutions. Whilst these advances have attracted comparatively little academic commentary, and are relatively unknown even among practitioners in the region, the present article shows that they offer an important new model for integrat…
Internal Displacement, Internal Migration, and Refugee Flows
How does internal displacement compare to other related forms of movement? This article draws on existing evidence to explore, specifically in countries affected by armed conflict or other serious violence, how internal displacement relates empirically to (1) internal economic migration as a more voluntary form of “internal” movement and (2) refugee flows as an external form of “forced” movement. This analysis of the available evidence suggests a…
The Emperor’s New Clothing
The “scandal” of foreign criminals whom our governments cannot send back to their own countries has become something of a tabloid obsession. Yet, while suspected or convicted of serious crimes or considered to pose a danger to society, such “undesirable and unreturnable” aliens equally often languish in an ambiguous and even dangerous state of protracted legal “limbo”, lacking a defined immigration status and attendant access to basic rights in t…
The Inter-American human rights system
A novel set of protections for refugees and asylum-seekers exists within the Inter-American human rights system, the scope of which has been developed considerably in recent years through the jurisprudence of its institutions. Whilst these advances have attracted comparatively little academic commentary, and are relatively unknown even among practitioners in the region, the present article shows that they offer an important new model for integrat…
Divergent dynamics
Disasters and conflicts are both widely recognised as 'drivers' of internal displacement. Yet, despite a growing body of research and policy, there has been little consideration to date of how the different features of each 'context' shape the micro-level dynamics of internal displacement. Where and why are these dynamics similar across the two contexts and how do they differ? This paper draws on general concepts from the disaster field to develo…
The End of Refugee Law
Journal Article The End of Refugee Law? Get access David James Cantor David James Cantor *The author ([email protected]) is Director of the Refugee Law Initiative at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Human Rights Practice, Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2017, Pages 203–211, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/hux022 Published: 17 August 2017
The Inter-American human rights system
A novel set of protections for refugees and asylum-seekers exists within the Inter-American human rights system, the scope of which has been developed considerably in recent years through the jurisprudence of its institutions. Whilst these advances have attracted comparatively little academic commentary, and are relatively unknown even among practitioners in the region, the present article shows that they offer an important new model for integrat…
Human Rights and the Refugee Definition
Does human rights law help us to de ne who quali es as a refugee? If so, then how? These deceptively simple questions sit at the heart of an intense contemporary debate over whether, or how, interpretation of the refugee de nition in the Refugee Convention should take account of human rights law. In Human Rights and the Refugee De nition, Burson and Cantor bring a ne-grained comparative perspective to this debate. For the rst time, they collect t…
The Emperor’s New Clothing
The “scandal” of foreign criminals whom our governments cannot send back to their own countries has become something of a tabloid obsession. Yet, while suspected or convicted of serious crimes or considered to pose a danger to society, such “undesirable and unreturnable” aliens equally often languish in an ambiguous and even dangerous state of protracted legal “limbo”, lacking a defined immigration status and attendant access to basic rights in t…
The End of Refugee Law
Journal Article The End of Refugee Law? Get access David James Cantor David James Cantor *The author ([email protected]) is Director of the Refugee Law Initiative at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Human Rights Practice, Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2017, Pages 203–211, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/hux022 Published: 17 August 2017
Returns of Internally Displaced Persons during Armed Conflict
By 2017, it was estimated that over 40 million people were displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence across at least 56 countries worldwide. Solutions to the epidemic of forced internal displacement are frequently premised on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Indeed, as a characteristic need of IDPs, such returns benefit from a special protection framework developed by IDP protection instruments such as the Gu…
Fairness, Failure, and Future in the Refugee Regime
The IDP in International Law’? Developments, Debates, Prospects
Journal Article 'The IDP in International Law'? Developments, Debates, Prospects Get access David James Cantor David James Cantor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 191–217, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eey031 Published: 06 September 2018
Reconsidering African Refugee Law
Fifty years have now passed since the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa was adopted by the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Within international refugee law, the OAU Refugee Convention (OAU Convention) is often taken to encapsulate the ‘African’ legal approach to refugees. This anniversary represents an opportune moment to review the state of ‘African’ refugee law. This article seeks to contribute to…
Internal Displacement, Internal Migration, and Refugee Flows
How does internal displacement compare to other related forms of movement? This article draws on existing evidence to explore, specifically in countries affected by armed conflict or other serious violence, how internal displacement relates empirically to (1) internal economic migration as a more voluntary form of “internal” movement and (2) refugee flows as an external form of “forced” movement. This analysis of the available evidence suggests a…
Divergent dynamics
Disasters and conflicts are both widely recognised as 'drivers' of internal displacement. Yet, despite a growing body of research and policy, there has been little consideration to date of how the different features of each 'context' shape the micro-level dynamics of internal displacement. Where and why are these dynamics similar across the two contexts and how do they differ? This paper draws on general concepts from the disaster field to develo…
Political science (10 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Refugee (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Refugee law (5 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (4 works) · International law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Economics (3 works)