Failing the internally displaced

Between 1993 and 1995, the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) administered a program to return an estimated 300, 000 persons who were driven off their land by state-sponsored "ethnic" violence. The Kenya government instigated the violence after being force to concede to a multiparty system in order to punish and disenfranchise ethnic groups associated with the opposition, while rewarding its supporters with illegaly obtained land. Recommendations -- International legal protections for the internally displaced -- UNP'S mandate to address Human Rights and protection issues -- Kenya's internally displaced: State-sponsored ethnic violence -- The UNDP/Kenyan government displaced persons program: 1993-1995 -- Government undermining of the UNDP program -- Missed opportunities: an assessment of the UNDP program -- Looking to the future -- Appendix: UNDP'S response to Human Rights Watch/Africa.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

Human Rights Watch

Editions

1

Pages

151

ISBN

9781564322128

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