The International Protection Alternative in Refugee Law: Treaty Basis and Scope of Application under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Its 1967 Protocol

Under what circumstances can a state refuse refugee status to a person whose risk of persecution exists in only part of her country of origin?

In this book, Jessica Schultz examines the treaty basis and criteria for the ‘internal protection alternative’ (IPA), a commonly invoked limit on the right to refugee status. She finds that the scope for applying the IPA under the Refugee Convention is narrower than is usually conceived in contemporary state practice and legal theory.