UNHCR’s role in IDP protection: opportunities and challenges

Roberta Cohen has encouraged, cajoled and even shamedthe UN into assuming a more effective role to protect IDPs.Throughout two decades of tireless advocacy she hasconsistently argued that UNHCR should be more engagedin IDP protection. Her hopes are now being realised.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Forced Migration Review
Main Author:	Erika Feller
Format:	Article
Language:	Arabic
Published:	University of Oxford 2006-12-01
Subjects:	forced migration refugee IDP asylum internal displacement protection
Online Access:	http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/BrookingsSpecial/07.pdf

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