Walter Kälin

Internal Displacement and the Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive view of displacement and explores what international and domestic law can contribute to prevent, address, and resolve internal displacement. It emphasizes the primary responsibility of states to address the needs of internally displaced persons and views them as citizens with rights and agency.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 167mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780192899316
• ISBN-10: 0192899317
• Artikelnr.: 67865098

Autorenporträt

Dr Walter Kälin is Professor Emeritus of Constitutional and International Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern. The list of his former roles includes being the Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, a chairperson of the Swiss Association of International Law, and a Rapporteur of the Committee on Refugee Procedures of the International Law Association.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Internal Displacement and the Role of Law
2: Internal Displacement and the Primary Responsibility of the State
3: Internally Displaced Persons: A Category of Special Concern?
4: Internal Displacement: Treaties, Laws, and Other Standards
5: Protection from Displacement
6: Protection During Displacement: The Law
7: Protection During Displacement: International Humanitarian Action
8: Durable Solutions: The Concept
9: Durable Solutions in Practice
10: Conclusion: Adequate Norms but Weak Governance