Strengths and Weaknesses in the Protection of the Internally Displaced Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
Since the 1970s a relatively new phenomenon emerged in the human, world panorama: the plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), a phenomenon which has significantly affected the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region in particular. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR), the number of IDPs protected or assisted by the agency, including people in IDP-like situations in the four macro-regions composing the SSA (Central Africa-Great Lakes, East and Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa) in 2010 amounted to 6,230,071 individuals against the 4,376,376 million in Asia and 3,672,054 in Latin America and the Caribbean.' Therefore, only by comparing the relative numbers of the phenomenon, we can easily observe how important it is to proceed to an analysis of the IDPs' assistance and protection in the vast geographical area considered in this work.
Recommended Citation
d'Orsi, Cristiano, "Strengths and Weaknesses in the Protection of the Internally Displaced Persons in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2012). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 527.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/527
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