The Kampala convention and its contributions to international law : legal analyses and interpretations of the African union convention for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons /

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Author / Creator:Mehari Taddele Maru, author.
Imprint:The Hague, Netherlands ; Portland, Oregon : Eleven International Publishing, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations, graphs, tables
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11274699
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ISBN:9789460949234
9460949231
1322318999
9781322318998
9462361029
9789462361027
9789462361027
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 19, 2014).
Summary:This book examines the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons - known as the Kampala Convention - which entered into force on December 6, 2012. The book sets out the shortcomings of international law relating to internal displacement - more specifically, the 'protection gap.' The book shows how the Kampala Convention not only fills this 'protection gap, ' but also how it contributes to the overall development of norms in international, regional, and national laws governing internal displacement. The book will be of interest to scholars of inter.
Other form:Print version: Maru, Mehari Taddele. Kampala convention and its contributions to international law : legal analyses and interpretations of the African union convention for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons. The Hague, Netherlands ; Portland, Oregon : Eleven International Publishing, ©2014 xxxiii, 398 pages 9789462361027