A Critical View of the Protection of Refugees and IDPs by the Inter-American System of Human Rights

Re-assessing its Powers and Examining the Challenges for the Future

Bibliographic Data

ID15293281
AuthorsClara Sandoval (0000-0001-9498-4714, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume17
Issue1
Pages43-66
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Refugee Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0953-8186 • E-ISSN: 1464-3715
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ijrl/eei003
OpenAlexW1986804403
LanguageEN
Citations received1

The paper critically assesses the law in action of the Inter-American System of Human Rights (IASHR) in the protection of the human rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in the American continent. To this end, it sets out the key assumptions of a “working theory in development”, in the early stages of formation, for the protection of IDPs and refugees. The IASHR is usually seen as all-powerful, to which people in the American continent can go to in order to protect their human rights. The IASHR, however is unable to deal with all the critical problems that the continent faces, among which IDPs and refugees are but two. Nevertheless, the system has tried, within the existing constraints, to build a working theory for the protection of these vulnerable populations; a theory where precautionary and provisional measures have played a prominent role. The article also points out different legal tools that could help in the protection of these vulnerable populations

Business · Human rights · Internally displaced person · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Law

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