Islam, human rights and displacement

Publishers	Refugee Studies Centre
Zones	International
Type	Newsletter / Review / Bulletin
Date of publication	Undated
Document main thematic	Child Protection/ Related Topic
Document thematics	Migration
Total pages	12

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law now play a vital role in providing protection for refugees and IDPs. Yet the claim to universality has been disputed and not all states have acceded to these legal instruments. It seems that a particular point of controversy or dispute in the Islamic world is their compatibility with sharia. The aim of this edition of Forced Migration Review is to enhance debate and understanding of the concepts and instruments of international human rights in the Islamic world.

This document contains the following texts and articles:

- Islam, international law and the protection of refugees and IDPs

-The rights of refugee women and children in Islam

- Child rights and Islam

- Full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

- Full text of the Cairo Declaration (Islamic Declaration of Human Rights)

- Who signed what? A selection of human rights and refugee conventions and treaties, plus signatories

- Further selection of legal instruments, international treaties, conventions and principles

- Human rights resources and links