Complementary Protection in International Refugee Law

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of complementary protection, from its historical development through to its contemporary application. By examining the human rights foundations of the Convention, the architecture of Convention rights, regional

Dr Jane McAdam is a lecturer in law at the University of Sydney. Prior to assuming that appointment in 2005, she held a law lectureship at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, where she undertook her doctorate on complementary protection in international refugee law. Dr McAdam is the co-author with Dr Guy S Goodwin-Gill of the forthcoming third edition of The Refugee in International Law (OUP Oxford 2006), and has published widely in the areas of international human rights law, refugee law and history. She has worked on a variety of projects with UNHCR, the European Union, the Czech-Helsinki Committee, Amnesty International, the Refugee Council of Australia and the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. She is the former General Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal and is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Sydney Law Review. She is also a member of the Management Committee of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service in Sydney.