Convention Refugees, victims of armed conflicts and severe civil strife or public disorder, as well as those forcibly displaced in their own country, all need protection at national, regional or international levels. The very growth in the numbers, however, has seriously disrupted the traditional institution of asylum and alternative strategies, such as temporary shelter or asylum, are now being considered. Nevertheless, no durable solution will succeed unless humanitarian assistance parallels other political initiatives, aimed at a better global order based on protection of basic human rights and sustainable social and economic development. This paper examines some of the priority issues in each of the three legal regimes, refugee law, humanitarian law, and human rights law, and concludes with consideration of an issue of increasing relevance, namely, international protection versus non-intervention in the domestic affairs of a sovereign State. In the view of the author, although there has been substantial, progressive internationalization of human rights implementation and monitoring, intervention must still be within the framework of an international or regional convention, except in situations where gross and consistent patterns of abuse of human rights amount to a threat to or breach of the peace. © 1995 Oxford University Press.

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