“Internal Protection Alternative” in Refugee Law

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Yildiz Üstün’s article in Dicle Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. 29 No. 50, addresses the internal protection alternative in refugee law and its use as a ground for rejecting asylum claims. The abstract says that gaps and ambiguous wording in the 1951 Geneva Convention’s refugee definition are interpreted differently by states, that IPA may in some cases amount to indirect refoulement, and that the issue is discussed within the framework of the Geneva Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.