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

• Main Authors: Ekpa, Shedrack, Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/15470/1/Is.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/15470/

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 Westphalia n notion of soverei...