Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and AfricaDavid Hollenbach, SJ Georgetown University Press, 30 apr. 2008 - 272 pagini Of the over 33 million refugees and internally displaced people in the world today, a disproportionate percentage are found in Africa. Most have been driven from their homes by armed strife, displacing people into settings that fail to meet standards for even basic human dignity. Protection of the human rights of these people is highly uncertain and unpredictable. Many refugee service agencies agree advocacy on behalf of the displaced is a key aspect of their task. But those working in the field are so pressed by urgent crises that they can rarely analyze the requirements of advocacy systematically. Yet advocacy must go beyond international law to human rights as an ethical standard to prevent displaced people from falling through the cracks of our conflicted world. Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa draws upon David Hollenbach, SJ's work as founder and director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College to provide an analytical framework for vigorous advocacy on behalf of refugees and internally displaced people. Representing both religious and secular perspectives, the contributors are scholars, practitioners, and refugee advocates—all of whom have spent time "on the ground" in Africa. The book begins with the poignant narrative of Abebe Feyissa, an Ethiopian refugee who has spent over fifteen years in a refugee camp from hell. Other chapters identify the social and political conditions integral to the plight of refugees and displaced persons. Topics discussed include the fundamental right to freedom of movement, gender roles and the rights of women, the effects of war, and the importance of reconstruction and reintegration following armed conflict. The book concludes with suggestions of how humanitarian groups and international organizations can help mitigate the problem of forced displacement and enforce the belief that all displaced people have the right to be treated as their human dignity demands. Refugee Rights offers an important analytical resource for advocates and students of human rights. It will be of particular value to practitioners working in the field. |
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... problem- atic for or denied to many refugees . All forcibly displaced people have been coerced to leave their homes , and so , by definition , their freedom of movement ( or of nonmove- ment ) has been violated . When they gain asylum ...
... problem- atic and elusive political objective that a society can pursue. If the cycle of conflict is to be broken, however, some effective steps toward healing social divisions are essential. Cosmas argues that reliance on the ...
... problems. Throughout those two years in the Walda refugee camp, each moonlit night was a night of agony, as refugees were disturbed by the sounds of heavy gunfire. The following morning found more than one person dead. No one knew the ...
... problems. Interpersonal. Problems. The concentration of the refugees in one community results in interpersonal problems as well as individual ones. The ethnic division and conflict from which these people have fled now becomes an issue ...
... problems. I have also observed that their long refugee life has made many refugees chronically absentminded. Initially, this problem was a source of amusement. We commonly talked among ourselves about what we had forgotten today, such ...
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Chapter 2 | 27 |
Part II | 51 |
Chapter 3 | 53 |
Chapter 4 | 77 |
Chapter 5 | 91 |
Chapter 8 | 137 |
Part IV | 161 |
Chapter 9 | 163 |
Chapter 10 | 177 |
Chapter 11 | 195 |
Chapter 12 | 205 |
Part V | 223 |
Chapter 13 | 225 |
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