Description: The Palestinian conflict has produced a tragic refugee crisis, with refugee numbers hitting 11 million in 2011. Geo-politically, the situation has escalated. Legally, it is becoming more complex. In this edition, Lex Takkenberg and Francesca Albanese discuss the status quo both on the ground and in the courts, and pose future scenarios to come.
Review Quotes: "Palestinian Refugees in International Law" by Francesca P. Albanese and Lex Takkenberg is a fascinating, comprehensive book which meticulously lays out the case for the right of Palestinian refugees to return home and to be compensated for their 73-year dispossession ..." -- Sam Bahour, Palestinian-American business consultant from Ramallah/Al-Bireh in Occupied Palestine, +927 Magazine
"The Palestinian refugee crisis is one of the world's most misunderstood issues, as well as a moral stain on the international communityâs conscience. If true change begins with understanding, then the second edition of Palestinian Refugees in International Law is an indispensable starting place. Accessible, deeply researched, and alive to the political and legal complexities of the refugee issue, this book is a lucid and responsible exploration of an enduring social problem that is too often shrouded in polemics and mythmaking. How I wish that more books on the Middle East were as intrepid and clear-sighted as this one." -- Michael Lynk, Associate Professor of Law, Western University, London, Ontario and UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967"Rather than merely an update of the first edition, this second edition of Palestinian Refugees in International Law is an expanded, all-encompassing overview and legal analysis of the complex plight of the Palestinian refugees from 1948 to the present. In view of their protracted time in exile - which should haunt us - and the recently tabled, partisan peace plan for the Middle East, the identification of the fundamental elements of a comprehensive refugee response framework for the eight million Palestinian refugees with which the book ends, could not have come at a better time." -- Marjoleine Zieck, Professor of International Refugee Law, Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam"The question of Palestinian refugees proves to be an indelible issue that has survived all challenges for over seventy years. This excellent book takes our understanding of Palestinian refugee rights under international law - with their historical, factual, and legal underpinnings - to a new horizon. It is at present the most thorough and most comprehensive treatise on this subject, and it will be unwise to address the Palestinian refugee issue without consulting it. It will no doubt stand as the bible on the Palestinian refugee question under international law for many years to come." -- Anis Kassim, International Lawyer, Chief Editor of The Palestine Yearbook of International Law