Wasted Lives: Internally Displaced Persons Living in Camps in Kenya

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Odhiambo Abuya ◽  
Charles Ikobe
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Election Violence

AbstractThis article evaluates the protection that the Government of Kenya off ered to those who fled to camps in the wake of the post-election violence that gripped the country in 2007. It focuses on basic needs, social economic entitlements and the right to return one's pre-conflict home. The article contends that, overall, the Government failed to meet its obligations as required by national and international standards on the protection of internally displaced persons. To conclude, specific recommendations, which would ameliorate the suff ering that IDPs continue to face in transitional states such as Kenya, are made.

The Fragile Livelihoods of the Murias in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Social Change ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-541
Author(s):  
G. A. Swamy ◽  
K. Visweswara Rao
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Tribal Community ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Forested Areas

Muria is an indigenous tribal community, living in southern Chhattisgarh. Due to an undeclared war between the Maoists and Salwa Judum they were forced to abandon their villages in a much-distressed condition, causing their socioeconomic conditions to be severely affected. The Murias moved out from their native location and settled in the forested areas in the adjacent districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. In these areas where they settled, the Murias did not have any rights over the resources such as land, forest and so on. The Murias being Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) had to cope with several challenges to earn the income to meet the basic needs of their families in the absence of livelihood choices. The current research article aims to articulate the challenges confronted by the Murias in the process of rebuilding their livelihoods.

scholarly journals The challenges of internally displaced persons and the way forward: the Nigerian experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-36
Author(s):  
Agbo Friday Ojonugwa
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Lasting Peace ◽  
History Of ◽  
Displaced People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Peace And Development

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are usually forced to flee or leave their homes, particularly in situations of armed conflict. They are displaced within their national territories and are generally subject to heightened suffering and vulnerability in many cases. It is also essential to state that the issue of internal displacement has become prominent because of the realisation that peace and reconstruction in conflict-ridden societies depend on the effective settlement and reintegration of displaced persons. Nigeria is a country that has a history of conflicts and displaced people. There has been a challenge in finding lasting peace through the employment of conflict resolution techniques and also the challenge of catering for the welfare of internally displaced persons in the country. However, peace and development without taking into account the settlement, return, and reintegration of IDPs. These desirous objectives are proving quite difficult in Nigeria as many challenges confront the government, policymakers, and humanitarian NGOs in providing the IDPs with their rights and needs. Some of the challenges can easily be overcome while some are more tasking requiring concerted efforts and massive resources to overcome. The aim of this article is to highlights the significant challenges confronting IDPs and provides some solutions to these challenges. In adopting the doctrinal method in discussions, the article finds that enormous challenges abound that confront IDPs in Nigeria, and it finds that there is the need for the government to find urgent solutions to the challenges of IDPs for the wellbeing of IDPs  

Access to Justice for Internally Displaced Persons: The Global Legal Order

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Ndimurwimo ◽  
Leonard Opara
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Economic Assistance ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced

Internally displaced persons are people who are uprooted from their social, economic, cultural and educational environment and made squatters or homeless within the jurisdiction of their own country. They consequently have no permanent place of abode. Internal displacement therefore becomes a situation that deprives individuals of access to justice and leads to violations of the human rights of categories of citizens. For example, women, children and the elderly are more vulnerable and lack social-economic assistance from their loved ones and family support because of their internal displacement. Their situation denies them access to justice from several perspectives, such as being in a state of despair, instability and uncertainty. This article examines the ways in which the domestication of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa of 2009 (the Kampala Convention) and clinical legal education can be used to promote access for internally displaced persons to justice and basic human rights. In this regard, the article further analyses access to justice for internally displaced persons through the teaching methodology of clinical legal education in African legal jurisprudence. Finally, the article recommends the involvement of legal clinicians and other practitioners as advocates of internally displaced persons’ access to justice, respect for human rights and the rule of law as a requirement for the domestication of the Kampala Convention by Member States in Africa.

scholarly journals Self-acclaimed Religious terrorism, Refugee crisis, and the Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinyere Theresa Nwaoga ◽  
Anuli B. Okoli ◽  
Favour C. Uroko
Keyword(s):  
Homeless Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Phenomenological Method ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Adequate Care ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Religious Terrorism

Abstract The paper examines how the self-acclaimed religious terrorism has forced thousands of Nigerians to be displaced from their homes. Boko haram, a religious terrorist group, has destroyed properties, wasted lives and rendered many homeless. These homeless persons became refugees and internally displaced persons. These refugees are those who fled the shores of Nigeria to neighbouring countries while the internally displaced persons (IDPs) are those persons who are still within Nigeria. The paper critically accesses the plight of displaced persons (Nigerian refugees and IDPs) and the causative factors. It was discovered that there are severe hunger and starvation in displaced person’s camp. The methodology used in this paper is the descriptive phenomenological method of qualitative research. It was used so as to provide an objective report on the findings of this research. As part of its recommendation, the paper proposes that the government should make candid effort to see to the adequate care for Nigerians who have been displaced from their homes.

scholarly journals Food aid for internally displaced persons in Manicaland, Zimbabwe

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonesai Sithole ◽  
Jan K Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Major Question ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
The Government

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are among the most neglected and vulnerable populations in the world. There are few laws that protect them as the government is the instigator of the displacement and no government can be both perpetrator and protector. Food aid has become one of the major protective interventions aimed to enhance stability in settings of displacement. However, a major question is how food aid affects IDPs. The study on which this article is based, was designed to investigate and evaluate how food aid affects the lives of displaced persons. The focus is on understanding the effects of food aid on households’ food security, migration trends and asset loss during periods of displacement. The study employs the sustainable livelihood framework in analyzing the role of food aid on IDPs. It focuses on the relationship between food aid and livelihoods assets, and indicates how the transforming structures can be linked to food aid interventions. The findings show that food aid plays a significant role in cushioning displaced households provided that it is integrated with other sustainable livelihood interventions (such as those that promote the value of household assets and land holding). Due to denied access to land, IDPs are dependent on food aid for their household food security. Increased school attendance is noted because of food aid to IDPs but the absence of security of tenure hinders community driven effective alternatives to a food aid programme. If security of tenure is not addressed IDPs in Manicaland will find it difficult to deal with their food insecurity.

scholarly journals Sovereignty, Internal Displacement And Right Of Intervention: Perspectives From The African Union’s Constitutive Act And The Convention For The Protection And Assistance Of Internally Displaced Persons

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shedrack Ekpa ◽  
Nuarrual Hilal Md Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right

The end of the cold war and the beginning of the new millennium brought with it a new phase in state relations in Africa as more persons became forcefully uprooted from their homes and their rights violated with impunity due to intractable internal conflicts amidst the Westphalian notion of sovereignty which frowns at interference in the internal affairs of any state which was the fulcrum upon which the United Nations (UN) and Organization of African Unity (OAU) was founded. This new awakening has increasingly made perception of sovereignty to be people oriented. In the case of the Africa which is the crux of this paper, the eventual change from OAU to AU was significant as the coming into force of African Union’s Constitutive Act and the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons climaxed major twist in the Africa’s perception of sovereignty and the right of intervention in relation to internally displaced persons (IDPs) within the continent. This article examines briefly the historical evolution of the concept of sovereignty and the right of intervention and their implications in the African context, and being conceptual and doctrinal in approach it analyses the context and legality of the African Union’s right of intervention arising from the regional treaties vis-à-vis the United Nations Charter with a view to vindicating the much celebrated ‘decisive break from the past’. It concludes that African Union’s current stance represents a bold and grandiose expression that is sincerely tailored towards ensuring effective human rights protection and humanitarian assistance for over 13 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Africa. Finally, the article contributes significantly to the scholarly debates surrounding right of intervention in relation to internal displacement as its resolution will in one or the other helps government and other stakeholders in their quest to curtail the scourge of intra and inter-state violence in Africa. Keywords: African Union, Sovereignty, Intervention, Internally Displaced Persons, State Responsibility

scholarly journals The right to an adequate standard of living, the right to entrepreneurial activity and the right to a pension for internally displaced persons in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-341
Author(s):  
Nataliya Isayeva
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Financial Pressure ◽  
The Right

The problems of ensuring the state of such socio-economic rights and freedoms of internally displaced persons as the right to an adequate standard of living, entrepreneurship and pensions have been studied and proposals have been made to improve the existing national legislation in this area. The issue of the state of ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for internally displaced persons and its relationship to the right to entrepreneurial activity and pension provision of such persons is covered. The issue of the state of ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for internally displaced persons and its relationship to the right to entrepreneurial activity and pension provision of such persons is covered. It is emphasized that changes to the current legislation on the issuance of documents for the ap-pointment (recalculation) of pensions, firstly - will simplify the procedure for receiving pension benefits and social guarantees, secondly - reduce the burden on the judiciary, and thirdly - save time and money internally displaced persons for legal assistance. Thus, resolving this issue and amending the legislation will solve a set of problems, both for internally displaced persons and for the state, in terms of budget savings. It is emphasized that the solution of socio-economic problems of internally displaced persons falls on the state budget, which creates significant financial pressure. However, the state has committed itself to ensuring the constitutional rights of internally displaced persons and must therefore comply with it. Sometimes, there is not so much a need for funding as an effective mechanism for ensuring certain socio-economic rights.

scholarly journals Virginia Satir’s Model Treatment and Coping Mechanisms among 2007/08 Post Election Violence Integrated Internally Displaced Persons in Thika Sub-County, Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. p130
Author(s):  
Susan Wambui Gitau
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Election Violence

Kenya experienced post-election violence in 2007/2008; leaving 1,113 people dead and over 650,000 people displaced from their homes. The purpose of the study therefore, was assessment of effectiveness of Virginia Satir’s Model in trauma recovery of 2007/08 Post Election Violence Integrated Internally Displaced Persons in Thika Sub County in Kiambu County. The study used quasi-experimental research design in which the researcher used Solomon’s Four Non-equivalent Control Group Design. The researcher sampled 125 participants from the accessible 240 Integrated Internally Displaced Persons from Kiandutu, Kiganjo, Gachagi and Umoja slum villages in Thika Sub County who formed the four groups of study. The control groups were taken through regular counseling model while the experimental groups were exposed to Virginia Satir’s Model. Quantitative methods of data analysis involving the use of Analysis of Variance and t-test was used to list statistical significant difference within and among means in the posttest scores for the groups. Computations were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21 for windows. The researcher established that the Virginia Satir’s Model had minimal effect on enhancing coping mechanisms among IIDPs.

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