Tag: Refugees

Protection of internally displaced persons: A milestone with multiple challenges

Protection of internally displaced persons: A milestone with multiple challenges by Rosário Tomé Heads of State at the World Summit in 2005 recognised the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as an “important international framework for the protection of IDPs”. To what extent does the legal framework advance the protection of Internally Displaced Persons? Wau,…

Greece is violating human rights. With our money.

Greece is violating human rights. With our money. Anjo Kan | Dreamstime.com In the beginning of the month, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece violated the European Convention of Human Rights in 2014 over the sinking of a migrant boat. Eleven asylum seekers, including eight children, lost their lives. The survivors stated…