REFUGEE’S AND DISPLACED PERSONS VIZ A VIZ FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SHELTER
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Refugees, Displaced person and fundamental right to shelterAbstract
Shelter or proper housing is a basic need that all individuals are entitled to as per the humanitarian laws. It is thus why we need to address this in relation to refugees and displaced persons as the world today is experiencing a flood of refugees and displaced person all of whom are facing shelter issues as well as other basic needs. Shelter as a basic need is a fundamental right recognized by many constitutions under the right to life and liberty along with preservation of human dignity within the society. Being so, every individual in society whether citizen of the said society or a foreigner needs to be accorded due respect for his humanity by the society through instruments put in place for the propagation of human rights and fundamental rights as per International law stipulations.
Humanitarian laws are of great importance and necessity in today’s world where every individual regard less of their domicile need to protect their own being. “[A]ccording to Aleinikoff and Poellot, “The responsibility of the international community to refugees is not simply to support camps or other arrangements that provide assistance to refugees; it is to end the condition of being a refugee.” Refugees are entitled to be at liberty and free, with proper shelter as provisions given under Article 21 of the convention on refuges 1951 and therefore the research paper focuses on shelter as fundamental right, how it is being accorded to refugees as well as what more needs to be done to ensure all refugees or displaced persons are well sheltered.
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