Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: searching for ways to enhance the UNHCR's capacity to supervise international refugee law James C. Simeon; Part I. The Supervision of International Refuge Law and the UNHCR: 2. UNHCR's role in supervising international protection standards in the context of its mandate Volker Türk; 3. The limits to UNHCR's supervisory role Michael Barutciski; 4. UNHCR, the Refugee Convention and reforming the governance of the international refugee regime Martin Jones; 5. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's relationship with the UNHCR: a factor of international protection Brian Goodman; Part II. Judicial Experience in Supervising the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol: 6. The contribution of the judiciary to the protection of asylum seekers in the UK and the EU Nicholas Blake; 7. The impact of international law and domestic human rights law on Canada's judicial supervision of the 1951 Refugee Convention Russel Zinn; 8. Judicial experience with the Geneva Convention in Germany and Europe Harald Dörig; Part III. Other Public International Law Supervisory Models: Possible Reforms, Proposals, and Ideas for Supervising Protection Standards in the Context of Forced Displacement: 9. 'Peter Pan's fairies and genie bottles: the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and supervision of the 1951 Convention' Alice Edwards; 10. Are there lessons for the Geneva Convention from the supervision of economic, social and cultural rights: UN and Council of Europe perspectives? Elspeth Guild; 11. Towards convergence in the interpretation of the Refugee Convention: a proposal for the establishment of an International Judicial Commission for Refugees Anthony M. North; 12. Identifying creative entry points for refugee protection: recent lessons from the Asia-Pacific region Vitit Muntarbhorn; Part Ivolume International Protection and Public Accountability: The Role of Civil Society: 13. International protection and public accountability: the roles of civil society Sriprapha Petcharamesree; 14. Supervision of the Refugee Convention: non-state actors Osamu Arakaki; 15. The NGO role in supervising the application of the Convention - and beyond Tom Clark; Part volume Conclusions: 16. Monitoring and supervising international refugee law: building the capacity to enhance international protection and democratic global governance of the international refugee protection regime James C. Simeon.