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Of Refugees and Resignation

Sands, PJ; (2017) Of Refugees and Resignation. UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence , 6 (2) pp. 1-13. 10.14324/111.2052-1871.086. Green open access

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Abstract

Building on topics explored in East West Street: on the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity, this article traces the development and publication of James McDonald’s Letter of Resignation of League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Expanding on events outlined in his book, Sands describes how the letter was published in 1935 as a political statement in the wake of emerging news about Nazi atrocities against the Jews and other minority groups. Drawing analogies between these events and the contemporary refugee crisis, he raises questions about the current legal, political and moral frameworks associated with refugees, calling for an end of the ‘closing of the doors’ mentality.

Type: Article
Title: Of Refugees and Resignation
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.14324/111.2052-1871.086
Publisher version: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10024969/
Language: English
Additional information: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10052395
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