Open AccessInternational legal framework for the protection of internally displaced persons
Author(s) -
A. Sheludchenkova,
O. Spector,
Andrii Derkach
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
fundamentalʹnye i prikladnye issledovaniâ v praktikah veduŝih naučnyh škol
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2313-7525
DOI - 10.33531/farplss.2019.1.38
Subject(s) - internally displaced person , displaced person , refugee , commission , forced migration , human rights , political science , law , displacement (psychology) , internal conflict , criminology , sociology , psychology , politics , psychotherapist
The author defines the notion of the internally displaced people, analyses the reasons of their appearance and compares the internally displaced people and refugees’ legal status. Internally Displaced Persons were defined in 1992 by the Commission on Human rights as “Persons or groups who have been forced to flee their homes suddenly or unexpectedly in large numbers, as a result of armed conflict, internal strife, systematic violations of human rights or natural or man-made disaster, and who are within the territory of their own country”.
There is no universal legally binding instrument for protecting and assisting internally displaced persons. The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were recognized by the UN General Assembly are not of a binding character.