Format:
Online-Ressource (vii, 264 p)
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map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781589012028
Content:
Of the over 33 million refugees and internally displaced people in the world today, a disproportionate percentage are found in Africa. Most have been driven from their homes by armed strife, displacing people into settings that fail to meet standards for even basic human dignity. Protection of the human rights of these people is highly uncertain and unpredictable. Many refugee service agencies agree advocacy on behalf of the displaced is a key aspect of their task. But those working in the field are so pressed by urgent crises that they can rarely analyze the requirements of advocacy systemati
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Map of African Countries Discussed; Introduction: Human Rights as an Ethical Framework for Advocacy; Part I: Displacement as a Human Rights Challenge; Part II: Camps, Settlement, and Human Rights; Part III: Gender and the Rights of the Displaced; Part IV: Conflict, Protection, and Return; Part V: Ethics and Rights in Practice; Contributors; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781589012028
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Refugee Rights : Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa
Language:
English
