Aftermath: institutional responses to displaced persons and refugees after 1945
TitleAftermath: institutional responses to displaced persons and refugees after 1945
Author
Call number325.21/0021
Object number10106e
Place of publicationBerlin, Germany
PublisherMetropol
Year of publication
2018
Physical descriptionpp125-140
MaterialArticle
Series titleInternational Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (Ed.) series Vol 4
IHRA series, Vol.4.
IHRA series, Vol.4.
ISBN9783863313920
NotesArticle from the book 'Refugee policies from 1933 until today: challenges and responsibilities' pp125-140
Description
Discusses the history and organization of two international organizations - UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration)
and UNWCC (United Nations War Crimes Commission). Refugee camps under UNRRA were infused with the principle of self-government offering a potent antidote to the powerlessness that had marked the lives of their inhabitants. Similarly, the UNWCC's example of an "international legal response to human rights abuses" confirms the proper role of the individual as opposed to platitudes of stateman
