Name: Returns of Internally Dispplaced Persons in Armed Conflict: International Law and its Application in Colombia
Brand: Brill Nijhoff
SKU: 9789004202665
Price: 2487.10 HKD
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Author: David James Cantor
ISBN: 9789004202665

Returns of Internally Dispplaced Persons in Armed Conflict: International Law and its Application in Colombia

By David James Cantor

Brill Nijhoff May 2018

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9789004202665
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Publication: May 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

By 2017, it was estimated that over 40 million people were displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence across at least 56 countries worldwide. Solutions to the epidemic of forced internal displacement are frequently premised on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Indeed, as a characteristic need of IDPs, such returns benefit from a special protection framework developed by IDP protection instruments such as the Guiding Principles. However, the legal status of those instruments remains ambiguous, generating attendant questions about the congruity of the IDP return framework with existing international law. Moreover, limited knowledge exists on its practical implementation. As a result, both inter-national agencies and individual scholars have repeatedly issued urgent calls for comprehensive and grounded theoretical investigation into this topic. This book answers those long-standing calls for research by presenting a detailed study of the return of conflict-afffected IDPs under international law.