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This paper will examine both the jurisprudence in international criminal law and domestic refugee law to assess the contours of the various forms of indirect liability, their overlap as well as some difficulties, which have been encountered in applying these principles of accountability.

This study articulates the current state of international law governing detention and its alternatives, and provides a critical overview of existing and possible alternatives to detention (A2Ds) options drawn from empirical research. This study contributes to the body of work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) against the detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, and forms one of the background papers for the global roundtable on the same subject.

On the interaction between the 1951 Convention and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; scope and the content of the principle of non-refoulement and the prohibition of expulsion.

Member States' responsibility not to transfer an asylum applicant where the receiving State cannot guarantee the fundamental rights of the asylum-seeker.

On transfers under the Dublin II Regulation and effective remedies available against such transfers; burden of proof and the presumption of safety of EU Member States / "Dublin" countries; the material situation of asylum-seekers in Greece, including reception conditions; access to Greece's asylum procedures and the risk of (indirect) refoulement