South Asia and the Creation of the International Refugee Regime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8106768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pia Oberoi (University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | 36-45 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0229-5113 • E-ISSN: 1920-7336 |
| Publisher | York University Libraries (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.25071/1920-7336.21228 |
| OpenAlex | W1921603629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper traces the initial interaction of the states of South Asia with the formalized international refugee regime, as embodied within the Office of the UNHCR. It explores the debates surrounding the creation of the Office and the 1951 Refugee Convention, and attempts to analyze the disillusionment felt by India and Pakistan with the outcome of these deliberations. Both these states arrived at the United Nations in this period with the burden of hosting up to 14 million Partition refugees weighing heavily on their inexperienced shoulders. Expecting that any international regime created for the relief of refugees would take into account this vast refugee crisis, India and Pakistan were disappointed to realize that cold war politics largely dictated the eventual outcome of the content of the Convention and the mandate of the UNHCR. Fifty years later, neither state has acceded to the 1951 Refugee Convention, preferring to interact with UNHCR on a strictly ad hoc basis. This paper argues that many reasons for the hesitancy with which these states approach UNHCR can be traced to their initial understanding of the mandate of the Office
Convention · Development economics · Economics · Mandate · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Refugee crisis · State (computer science · Treaty · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 0.64 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |