Book Chapters

Eve Lester, 'Socio-Economic Rights, Human Security and Survival Migrants: Whose Rights? Whose Security?' in Alice Edwards and Carla Ferstman (eds) Human Security and Non-Citizens: Law, Policy and International Affairs (Cambridge University Press, 2010) 314–356

The central question I consider in this chapter is whether the concept of 'human security' has any capacity to enhance in law the enjoyment of social and economic rights by survival migrants.

'Human Security and Non-Citizens is a major contribution by international relations scholars, foreign policy advisors and international lawyers to [the] 're-thinking' of notions of security ... [and] makes a significant contribution to existing scholarship on the relationship between international law and International Relations through the human security lens. [The book] is an essential addition to the literature on refugees, migrants and citizenship. [T]he editors of this volume must be congratulated for the breadth and depth of the topics covered which is nothing short of impressive.'

Eve Lester, 'Article 20' (Rationing) 993–1001

Eve Lester, 'Article 23' (Public Relief) 1043–1055

Eve Lester, 'Article 24' (Labour Legislation and Social Security) 1057–1078

Eve Lester, 'Article 25' (Administrative Assistance) 1129–1146

in Andreas Zimmermann (ed), The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Each of these chapters provides a description of one provision in the Refugee Convention,  outlining the provision's: function, background and drafting history, state reservations, relationship with other provisions in the Refugee Convention and other relevant international legal norms, and an analysis and evaluation.

‘This book will bestride the world of refugee law like a colossus for some years to come.’

Eve Lester, 'Myth-Conceiving Sovereignty: The Legacy of the Nineteenth Century' in Fiona Jenkins, Mark Nolan and Kim Rubenstein (eds), Allegiance and Identity in a Globalised World (Cambridge University Press, 2014) 354–380

This chapter considers the legacy of the nineteenth century in the construction of sovereignty as an unassailable right to exclude aliens; a period during which burgeoning new migrations spawned and collided with new and evolving communities, not least in the Australian colonies.

‘[This] volume is an important source for legal academics and practitioners interested in issues of identity and allegiance, and represents a valuable, recent and rare addition to the study of both concepts in legal studies.’