The Legislation that Underpins our WorkThe 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the key legal document in defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of states. The 1967 Protocol removed geographical and temporal restrictions from the Convention. In July 2001, UNHCR published a special edition of its Refugees Magazine dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Convention. The 1951 Refugee Convention
Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced PersonsAcknowledgements http://www.unhcr.org/479498992.html This Provisional Edition of the Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons is the result of a collaborative effort involving a large number of colleagues serving in United Nations agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other humanitarian actors, including:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also provided much valued advice and support. UNHCR facilitated the process in coordination with the Global Protection Cluster Working Group (PCWG). In Our WorkProtection requires working with all relevant stakeholders, including populations at risk, local communities and the authorities, to:
| On the Run in Their Own LandInternally displaced people, or IDPs, are often wrongly called refugees. Unlike refugees, IDPs have not crossed an international border to find sanctuary but have remained inside their home countries. Even if they have fled for similar reasons as refugees (armed conflict, generalized violence, human rights violations), IDPs legally remain under the protection of their own government - even though that government might be the cause of their flight. As citizens, they retain all of their rights and protection under both human rights and international humanitarian law. UNHCR´s original mandate does not specifically cover IDPs, but because of the agency´s expertise on displacement, it has for many years been assisting millions of them, more recently through the "cluster approach." Under this approach, UNHCR has the lead role in overseeing the protection and shelter needs of IDPs as well as coordination and management of camps. At the end of 2008, there were an estimated 26 million IDPs around the world and UNHCR was helping about 14.4 million of them in 22 countries, including the three with the largest IDP populations - Sudan, Colombia and Iraq. Millions of other civilians who have been made homeless by natural disasters are also classified as IDPs. UNHCR is only involved with this group in exceptional circumstances, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005 and 2008's Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. UNHCR Global Appeal 2009 (update) - Working with the internally displacedhttp://www.unhcr.org/4922d44c0.html
Vidéo YouTube The fundamentals of protectionProtection aims to ensure the full and equal respect for the rights of all individuals, regardless of age, gender or ethnic, social, religious or other background. This requires a common understanding of protection and the means by which it is achieved. This chapter provides a definition of protection, explains who internally displaced persons are and why they need protection and assistance, and outlines the key approaches and core principles that should guide and underpin all protection efforts. What is protection? Protection is defined as all activities aimed at obtaining full respect for the rights of the individual in accordance with the letter and spirit of the relevant bodies of law, namely human rights law, international humanitarian law and refugee law. Protection can be seen as having three different dimensions:
Protection is an objective, which requires full and equal respect for the right of all individuals, without discrimination, as provided for in national and international law. Protection is not limited to survival and physical security but covers the full range of rights, including civil and political rights, such as the right to freedom of movement and to political participation, and economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to education and health. Protection is a legal responsibility, principally of the State and its agents. In situations of armed conflict, that responsibility extends to all parties to the conflict under international humanitarian law, including armed opposition groups. Human rights, humanitarian and development actors play an important role as well, in particular when States and other authorities are unable or unwilling to fulfill their protection obligations.Protection is an activity because action must be taken to ensure the enjoyment of rights. The three types of protection activities can be carried out concurrently:
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