Protecting the Dispossessed: A Challenge for the International Community

by Francis Mading Deng

Book Overview

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An estimated 25 million people worldwide are internally displaced--a significantly larger population than the 18 million refugees. Victims of civil wars, forced relocation, communal violence, natural and ecological disasters, and gross violations of human rights, they lack such human necessities as food, shelter, clothing, safety, basic health, and education. But because they remain inside their countries, they don't receive the same protection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081571825X
• ISBN13: 9780815718253
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"