Displacement and Human Rights: Reflections on UN Practice

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* Maria Stavropoulou received her J.D. at the University of Athens, and her two LL.M. degrees at the University of London and Harvard Law School. The author served at the United Nations Centre for Human Rights from 1993 to 1996; at the time of writing this article she was pursuing Ph.D. studies at the University of Munich. She is currently protection officer UNHCR in Athens, Greece. The views expressed are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations, UNHCR, or organizations with which she has been associated. This article includes information that was available up to the end of 1997. The author is grateful to Erin Mooney for her assistance and advice in the preparation of this article.