Main Debate
- To what extent should the Convention be interpreted according to the original intent v. evolving understandings?
- Was the Convention a political tool when adopted?
Core Readings
- T. Einarsen. The 1951 Convention, in A. Zimmerman (ed.), The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 48-68.
- T. Einarsen. The 1967 Protocol, in A. Zimmerman (ed.), The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 68 - 73.
