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The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law
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The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law Hardcover - 1998

by Lex Takkenberg


From the publisher

The conflict over Palestine has produced one of the most tragic and compelling refugee crises of the post-WWII era. In the Palestinian-Israeli Declaration of Principles, signed in Washington, DC, in 1993, the fate of the 3.4 million Palestinian refugees was identified as one of the outstanding
issues to be addressed in subsequent negotiations. This book ponders the status of Palestinian refugees in international law by focusing on the position of Palestinians in both the Arab world and the Western countries. It contains a thorough, useful analysis of various areas of international
law--including refugee law, laws relating to stateless persons, humanitarian law, and human rights law--and shows the relevance of each to the provision of worldwide protection for Palestinian refugees.

Details

  • Title The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law
  • Author Lex Takkenberg
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarendon Press, Oxford
  • Date May 21, 1998
  • ISBN 9780198265900 / 0198265905
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.66 x 6.42 x 1.12 in (24.54 x 16.31 x 2.84 cm)
  • Reading level 1820
  • Library of Congress subjects Palestinian Arabs - Legal status, laws, etc, Refugees, Arab - Legal status, laws, etc -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97047469
  • Dewey Decimal Code 341.486

About the author


A Dutch national, Dr. Lex Takkenberg was born in 1959 in Zaandam, the Netherlands. After graduating from the Scholengemeenschap Casimir (athenaeum B) in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, he earned advanced degrees in international law (1983) and Dutch law (1985) from the University of Amsterdam. In
February 1997, he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Since 1989 he has worked with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and currently occupies the post of Chief, Field Relief and Social Services Programme in the Gaza Strip. In this capacity he is responsible for UNRWA's direct relief programmes
and developmental social services programmes in the Gaza Strip (totalling US $45 million in 1996-97). He also supervises the records of 750,000 Palestine refugees registered with the Agency. Since joining UNRWA, he has also worked in the West Bank and Syria. In the West bank he was part of a
protection programme initiated by the Agency after the start of the Palestinian uprising. He headed UNRWA missions to Kuwait (1992) and the Egyptian-Libyan border (1995-96).