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Protected rather than protracted: strengthening displaced persons in peace processes: a state-of-the-art paper
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Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Abstract This Paper reviews the current state of the art on the return of displaced persons as a durable solution for long-term displacement situations. It outlines the impact, challenges and actors involved in the return process. The Paper shows that present understandings of return, protracted situations a... view more
This Paper reviews the current state of the art on the return of displaced persons as a durable solution for long-term displacement situations. It outlines the impact, challenges and actors involved in the return process. The Paper shows that present understandings of return, protracted situations and conflict are often too short-sighted and need to be revised and extended. Reintegration as part of the return process in particular has only received little attention until now. The Paper further demonstrates that the relationship between displacement, return and peace has not yet been fully understood. More field and comparative research is needed that includes the perspectives of the displaced themselves to fully comprehend the process of return and to be able to identify best practices to guarantee the sustainability of return and reintegration.... view less
Keywords
domestic security; conflict; peace process; displaced person; legal status; legal protection; reconstruction; peacekeeping; refugee; displacement; reintegration
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
innerstaatlicher Konflikt; gesellschaftliche Gruppen; Repatriierung/Rückanpassung; Rechtsstatus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
City
Bonn
Page/Pages
54 p.
Series
BICC Working Paper, 3/2015
ISBN
2521-781X
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0