Internally displaced persons: international protection and asistance
Author(s)
Advisor
Beriker, NimetDate
1997Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
This study aims to investigate the recent international efforts to explore and develop
a more coherent approach to increasing protection and assistance needs of internally
displaced persons. During the past few years, the world has witnessed acute humanitarian
emergencies which resulted in a growing scale of human suffering. These have been mostly
triggered by internal conflicts and resulted in a growing number of internally displaced
persons. The international responses to the crises of human displacement have been ad hoc
and inadequate.
in this study, the need for international protection and assistance to internally
displaced persons is considered. Then the international law standards in order to meet the
protection and assistance needs of internally displaced persons, tlie international instituí ional
mechanisms to respond to the crises of intemal displacement and the longer-term strategies
of prevention are evaluated.