Legal Protection of the Rights of Children in Refugee Camps Case Study of Nakivale Refugee Camp Mbarara

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

DECLARATION:

APPROVAL

DEDlCATlON~

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT~ iv

CHAPIERONE 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 SIATEMENTOFTHEPROI3LEM 4

1.3 HYPOTHESIS 5

1.4 METHODOLOGY 6

1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY 6

2.0 LERATURE REVIEW 7

CHAPTER THREE~ 12

THE kEFUGEE CRISIS 12

3.0 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REFUGEE CONCEPT 12

3.1 IEFECTOFCOLONIALISM 15

3.2 THE COLD WAR EFFECTS 18

3.3 LACK OF RESPECT FOR I II. MAN RIGHTS ANDE HUMANITARIAN LAW 19

3.4 ECONOMIC SOCIAL WELFARE AND RAPID POPULATION INCREASE 21

3.5 OTHER FACTORS 21

CHAPTER FOUR 24

4.0 BACK GROUND 24

4.1 FOOD AND NUTRITION 26

4.2 HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE 28

4.3 SI LLTER 32

4.4 SANITATION .33

4.6 FINANCIAL ISSUES 34

4.7 EDUCATION

4.8 LACK OF /LIMITED CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD 36

CHAPTER FIVE 38

5.0 CONCLUSION 38

RECOMMENDATIONS 39

5.1 IN THE SHORT TERM

5.2 IN THE LONG TERM 40

REFLRENCES~ 43