Includes bibliographical references and index.

Returns of Internally Displaced Persons: The Balkans and Beyond -- IDP Returns in Human Rights Treaty Law: A Matter of Right(s) -- IDP Returns and Armed Conflict: Treaty and Customary Norms -- 'Voluntariness, Safety and Dignity': Development of the Return Principles -- "Voluntariness, Safety and Dignity": Basis and Scope in International Law -- Colombia 1997-2007: Conflict, Desplazados and Law -- Desplazado Returns in Law and Policy: A Colombian Conceptual Model -- Implementing Returns: Local Committees and Return Plans -- Safeguarding Returns: The Armed Forces and State Authority -- The Centrality of 'Collaboration': Non-State Armed Groups and Returns -- In the Eye of the Storm: Desplazado Returns and Agency -- Beyond the Balkans: Returns, Armed Conflict and Colombia -- Appendix 1: Rionegro Province, Cundinamarca Department -- Appendix 2: Montes de María Region: Bolívar and Sucre Departments -- Appendix 3: Magdalena Medio Region: Santander Department -- Appendix 4: Sur de Bolívar Region: Bolívar Department -- Appendix 5: Oriente Antioqueño: Antioquia Department -- Appendix 6: Nariño Department -- Appendix 7: Cundinamarca Department

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