Idps:legal protection of displaced persons in nigeria

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Ladan on IDPS, posited that Refugees are granted a special legal status in international law because they have lost the protection of their own country and, therefore, are in need of international protection not necessary for those who do not cross international borders. Internally displaced persons do not need such a substitute protection. Rather, as human beings who are in a situation of vulnerability they are entitled to the enjoyment of all relevant guarantees of human rights and humanitarian law, including those that are of special importance to them. This does not rule out the possibility of administrative measures such as registration on the domestic level to identify those who are displaced and need special assistance. However, lack of such registration would not deprive IDPs of their entitlements under human rights and humanitarian law.
Protection and Treatment of Internally displaced persons and Refugees in Human Rights Law...Read on at http://www.infodailies.com/legal-pro...ns-in-nigeria/