Aftermath: institutional responses to displaced persons and refugees after 1945
TitreAftermath: institutional responses to displaced persons and refugees after 1945
Auteur
Call number325.21/0021
N° d'objet10106e
Lieu de publicationBerlin, Germany
EditeurMetropol
Année de publication
2018
Paginationpp125-140
MatérielArticle
SérieInternational 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