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: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies 2016
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22943/1/2016%20SOVEREIGNTY%2C%20INTERNAL%20DISPLACEMENT%20AND%20RIGHT.pdf; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22943/6/UUM%20LJ%20SOVEREIGNTY%2C%20INTERNAL%20DISPLACEMENT%20AND%20RIGHT.pdf; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/22943/; https://myjurnal.mohe.gov.my/filebank/published_article/53504/2.pdf

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 sovereig...