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Online article focusing on the legal aspects of internal displacement- where people have had to flee their homes to avoid violence, disasters or human rights violations but remain within their country’s borders. The article was written by Aderomola Adeola who is Director of the Global Hub on Internal Displacement. The article was published in 2025 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author gives a legal definition of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and explains the 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. There are also links given to standards on internal displacement that have been developed in Europe, Latin America and Africa.
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