Bibliographic information:

Fisher, David. 2006. Guide to International Human Rights Mechanisms for Internally Displaced Persons and Their Advocates. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement. 

Abstract:

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the same rights as other people in their country.  Yet they often experience discrimination and rights violations as a result of their displacement status.  This guide, described as a "sort of encyclopedia of human rights mechanisms for IDPs," aims to address this problem by spelling out the rights of IDPs and the mechanisms that exist to protect those rights.  The first three sections introduce human rights law, mechanisms, and procedures.  Section four lists the human rights that are commonly violated while section five highlights the available international and regional human rights mechanisms and their utility for protecting IDP rights.  Annex one reproduces "The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement," while Annex two lists bibliographic references and web sites.  

Access:

• online text (via ReliefWeb) = http://reliefweb.int/report/world/guide-international-human-rights-mechanisms-internally-displaced-persons-and-their;
• Worldcat record  = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76825495

Category: 

Internal displacement 

International law

Resource type:

Report