Refugee rights : ethics, advocacy, and Africa /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2008.
Description:vii, 264 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7187778
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Other authors / contributors:Hollenbach, David.
ISBN:9781589012028 (alk. paper)
158901202X (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Human Rights as an Ethical Framework for Advocacy
  • Part I. Displacement as a Human Rights Challenge
  • 1. There is More than One Way of Dying: An Ethiopian Perspective on the Effects of Long-Term Stays in Refugee Camps
  • 2. What We Owe to Refugees and IDPs: An Inquiry into the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced
  • Part II. Camps, Settlement, and Human Rights
  • 3. The Presence of Burundian Refugees in Western Tanzania: Ethical Responsibilities as a Framework for Advocacy Joint Commission for Refugees of the Burundi and Tanzania Episcopal Conferences
  • 4. The Right to Freedom of Movement for Refugees in Uganda
  • 5. The Plight of Urban Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya
  • 6. Protection as Capability Expansion: Practical Ethics for Assisting Urban Refugees
  • Part III. Gender and The Rights of the Displaced
  • 7. Sexual Violence, Gender Roles, and Displacement
  • 8. Justice, Women's Rights, and Forced Migration
  • Part IV. Conflict, Protection, and Return
  • 9. Human Rights, the Use of Force, and Displacement in the Great Lakes Region: Reflections on a Troubling Trend
  • 10. Internally Displaced People, Sovereignty, and the Responsibility to Protect
  • 11. Internally Displaced Persons in Northern Uganda: A Challenge for Peace and Reconciliation
  • 12. Justice and Peace: Reintegration and Reconciliation of Returning Displaced Persons in Postconflict Situations
  • Part V. Ethics and Rights in Practice
  • 13. Key Ethical Issues in the Practices and Policies of Refugee-Serving NGOs and Churches