Internally displaced persons and the law in Nigeria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adeola, Aderomola.

Series:

Routledge Studies on Law in Africa Ser.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages)

Place of Publication:

Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Context

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons: clarification

1.3 The essence of law

1.4 Sources of Nigerian law

1.4.1 Primary sources

1.4.1.1 Constitution

1.4.1.2 Legislations

1.4.1.3 Received English Law

1.4.1.4 Case laws/judicial precedents

1.4.1.5 Customary law

1.4.2 Secondary sources

1.4.2.1 Foreign court decisions

1.4.2.2 Jurist opinions/academic texts

1.4.2.3 Treaties

1.4.2.4 Policies

1.5 Scope and objective

Notes

Chapter 2 Internal displacement in Nigeria

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Definition

2.3 Causes

2.3.1 Definition-specific root causes

2.3.1.1 Armed conflict

2.3.1.2 Generalised violence

2.3.1.3 Violations of human rights

2.3.1.4 Natural or human-made disasters

2.3.2 Non-definition-specific root causes

2.3.2.1 Climate change

2.3.2.2 Development projects

2.3.2.3 Harmful practices

2.4 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Applicable frameworks on internally displaced persons in Nigeria

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The 1999 Nigerian Constitution

3.3 Relevant Legal frameworks

3.3.1 Human rights

3.3.2 Humanitarian law

3.3.3 Migration law

3.3.4 Environmental law

3.3.5 Disaster Law

3.3.6 Refugee law

3.3.7 Land law

3.4 Legal Stopgap: the Kampala Convention as supplementary law

3.4.1 The Kampala Convention as specific IDP law

3.4.2 The Kampala Convention as applicable supplementary law in Nigeria

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Reflection on the National Policy on internally displaced persons, 2021

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Brief background

4.3 The Policy framework

4.3.1 Chapter One: introduction

4.3.1.1 Contextual background and situation analysis.

4.3.1.2 Definition of key terms

4.3.2 Chapter Two: Policy thrust

4.3.3 Rights and obligations of IDPs

4.3.4 Responsibilities of government, humanitarian agencies, host communities and armed groups to IDPs

4.3.5 Policy implementation framework and strategies

4.3.5.1 Broad strategies

4.3.5.2 Achieving durable solutions to internal displacement

4.3.5.3 Institutional mechanism for coordination and collaboration

4.3.5.4 Broad institutional framework and implementing agencies

4.3.5.5 Framework for international cooperation

4.3.5.6 Legal framework

4.3.6 Funding, monitoring, evaluation, and policy review

4.3.6.1 Funding mechanisms and resource mobilisation

4.3.6.2 Monitoring and evaluation

4.3.6.3 Policy review process

4.4 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-000-51336-X

1-003-14602-3

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