JUST 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: De Jure, Transnational Child Protection, De Facto
Document Summary
Repatriation research centered on 3 major areas: Decision to return and conditions that determine whether decision is made freely in the context of safety. Experience of the actual move to the country or area of origin; preparation, physical relocation, immediate experience of repatriation or return. 1951 geneva convention relating to the status of refugees, meant as a response to forced migration caused in the aftermath of wwii. Most of the language of the convention focuses on the need to define and protect a category of persons fleeing persecution without much concern for an eventual resolution of their condition of being displaced. 1981, international conference on assistance to refugees in africa (icara) Focused primarily on trying to raise funds for provision of relief assistance to refugees. Followed by a 2nd conference in 1984 aimed at finding solutions to the problems of protracted displacement on the continent (1987-1994) international conference on central american refugees.
