Prawo zwyczajowe w obozach dla uchodźców w Kenii
Customary law in refugee camps in Kenya

Author(s): Maciej Ząbek
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: refugees; refugee camps; international law; customary law
Summary/Abstract: Refugee camps are not free from internal crime that must be fought against. This raises the question of how should it be done on the basis on what law? The 1951 Convention on the Protection of Refugees obliges nations to respect the law of the host country in whose territory the camps are located. In the case of Kenya and some other African countries, their authorities have almost completely withdrawn from using their own state law in the camps in favour of UNHCR and its executive partners, who in turn, have withdrawn from enforcing international law. According to the author’s research, customary law rules in the camps.

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