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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"displaced persons"”.
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Georgia: Frozen Conflict and the Role of Displaced Persons
<p>Though commonly overlooked, communities of displaced persons often play a complex and significant role in the emergence and perpetuation of ethnic conflict. This paper looks at the intersection of these themes in the conflict between the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and the separatist …
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Displaced persons in South Sudan - whose responsibility to protect?
… shortcomings in the protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs), and gaps in research with academic and legal focus remaining on refugees instead. These gaps are revealed and correspondingly explored in this thesis through a case study analysis of South Sudan. The main objective of this …
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Iraq's housing crisis : upgrading settlements for IDPS (internally displaced persons)
… country, over one million Iraqis are currently displaced. Inadequately supported by infrastructure due to a negligent dictatorship and consecutive wars, over 250 settlements have peppered Baghdad's landscape and aggravated the capital's insufficient infrastructure. It is clear that the rapid …
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Education among Jewish Displaced Persons: The Sheerit Hapletah in Germany, 1945-1950
… with the problems of education among the Jewish Displaced Persons (known among Jews as Sheerit Hapletah (Saved Remnant) in Germany following the end of World War II in 1945.
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An analysis of States’ obligations towards climate displaced persons under the African Human Rights System
… for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) which entered force is novel in its provision in article 5(4) on the obligation of State Parties towards persons displaced by climate change. While it is clear under international human rights law …
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From Displaced Persons to Exiles: Nationalism, Anti-Communism, and the Shaping of Latvian American Diaspora
… American exile from temporary settlement in Displaced Persons (DP) camps in post-war Europe, to resettlement to the U.S. following the DP Act of 1948. Specifically, Latvian diasporic discourses of nationalism, transnationalism, and anti-Communism are analyzed through the lens of …
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The plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) during armed conflict: the case of Sudan and Somalia
The plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs)in Sudan and Somalia constitutes one of the greatest human tragedy of our time since the end of the Cold War. The concept of IDPs is immense and growing. This research paper addressed the plight of IDPs during armed conflict in Sudan and Somalia. …
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Peacebuilding in the Context of Displacement: Women’s Groups in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Settlements in Kenya
… communities, and found refuge in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps. Although the Kenyan Government resettled some of the IDPs later in eco-villages and inner city settlements, seven years later there were still 309,200 in IDPs camps across the country. The objective of this …
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International norm diffusion? Durable solutions and displaced persons from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2000-2010.
… of the ‘bottom-up’ views of actual refugees and displaced migrants. Put simply the aim is to provide more detailed insight into whether the ‘top-down’ policy initiatives of UNHCR also take into account and are synergised with ‘bottom-up’ approaches and concepts of the actual refuges. By taking …
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Climate change, environmentally displaced persons and post-sovereignty: an assessment of normative gaps and potential solutions in international law
… change. The complex case of environmentally displaced persons is examined and the capacity of existing international legal frameworks to address the needs of these group is reviewed. In this scenario, the study explores gaps and limitations of contemporary international law that directly …
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The social and cultural impact of internally displaced persons, IDPs’ camps on the host community in Nigeria: a sociological evaluation
The global displacement of persons through armed conflict, organised crime, ecological degradation from climate change, food shortages and developmental projects has become a common occurrence throughout the world of today. Displaced persons end up either as migrants across borders, refugees …
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A critical examination of the humanitarian visa as a complementary pathway in ameliorating the plight of “climate displaced persons” in Eastern Africa.
… Africa has grappled with increasing numbers of displaced persons in the past 20 years because of flooding, tropical storms, landslides, and prolonged seasons of drought. Although there is widespread recognition of the impact of climate change on populations in this region, persons displaced …
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Political economy, public policy, power structures, and human rights violations : the case of internally displaced persons in Colombia between 1993 and 2010
Colombia is the second country with most displaced persons in the world, and one of the worst in human rights violations. Despite the popular believe that these human rights violations are due to the internal conflict with guerillas, this thesis found that rather, the largest share of violence, …
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International displacement and state compliance with international human rights standards: the current protection of internally displaced persons' right to physical security in Nigeria
There are approximately 65.3 million forcibly displaced people in the world. A large majority of these people are internally displaced. Of the 40.8 million internally displaced persons' (IDPs) worldwide, Nigeria had a total of 1,955,000 IDPs at the end of 2016. Consequently, Nigeria is among the …
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Walking in Landscapes of Displacement: The Spatiality of Transcultural Activism
… research, too often the public image of forcibly displaced persons is that of voiceless victims – or, worse, a threat to national sovereignty. The geo-temporal scale of forced displacement research also tends to focus on instances of border-penetration and emergency accommodation - stressing the …
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Manual of Hospitality : learning from migration
The number of asylum seekers, refugees and displaced persons is increasing globally at an alarming, unprecedented rate. According to the United Nations, displaced persons are more likely to live in a city than in a rural area or camp, and more than 60% of the world's refugees live in urban …
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Internally displaced children and HIV in situations of armed conflict in the DRC : a study of the obligations of the government and selected non-state actors
… actors regarding the protection of internally displaced children living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war and armed conflicts in the Eastern DRC have exacerbated the vulnerability of children, causing them to be separated from their families, to experience sexual …
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