CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBRIVIATIONS; LIST OF CASES; Chapter. I INTRODUCTION; History of Tibet; - The Legal Status of Tibet in international Law; - Conceptual Context Research Questions; - Objectives; - Scope of the Study - Chapterization – Methodology; Chapter. II GRANTING OF ASYLUM IN INDIA; Granting Asylum: A Sovereign Prerogative -; Reasons for non-acceding the Convention -; India's Refugee policy Refugee Status Determination procedure in India; - India's Refugee policy towards the Tibetan Refugees; Chapter. III THE LEGAL STATUS OF TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA; India's International Commitments; - The Rights Guaranteed under 1951 convention and the rights protected in India; - Laws relating to the Refugees in India: Lacunas - Protective Refugee Regime: The Judicial Expansion of the Refugee Rights - Role of NHRC, UNHCR and NGOs - Tibetan Refugees in India: Rights and Privileges - The Tibetan Refugees and Indian Citizenship. Chapter. IV TIBETAN REFUGEES AT BYLAKUPPE SETTLEMENT; Demography of the Tibetan Refugees in South India; - Allotment of Land and Allocation of funds to the Tibetan Refugees; - Bylakuppe: A Model Settlement Govemance and the Participation Structures in the Settlements; Chapter. V CONCLUSION; Observations; - Recent Developments; Recommendations; APPENDIX; Appendix. I Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol of 1967; Appendix. II Final Text of AALCO's- 1966 Bangkok Principles on Status and Treatment of Refugees; Appendix. III The Foreigners Order 1948; Appendix. IV Terms and Conditions for the grant of land to Tibetan Refuges; Appendix. V Statistical Data of Tibetan Settlements in Karnataka; Appendix. VI Developmental Projects undertaken in Bylakuppe Settlements; Appendix. Vll Model National Law on Refugees; Appendix. VIII Tibetan Registration Certificate; Appendix. IX Tibetan Identity Ce11ificate; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX