The Legal Framework

Topics covered in this presentation

• Concepts of law• Relevant bodies of International Law• National Law

International Law • Concept

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Application

• Limitations

International Legal Framework

• International Human Rights Law

• International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

• Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

International Human Rights Law

Why do we need to know

International Human Rights Law?

International Human Rights Law

• “International Bill of Human Rights”

• Regional legal instruments

• Responsibility of the State:

• Duty to respect• Duty to protect• Duty to fulfill

International Humanitarian Law (IHL)

Why do we need to know about

International Humanitarian Law?

Instruments of International Humanitarian Law

• four Geneva Conventions of 1949

• two Additional Protocols of 1977

• third Additional Protocol of 2007

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

Non-binding document, but…

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

Why do we need to know about the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement?

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

Rights relating to:

• physical security and integrity

• basic necessities of life

• other economic, social and cultural protection needs

• other civil and political protection issues