ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the changing facets of sovereignty and how these changes affect refugee movements and internally displaced peoples in the Post-Cold War world. The plight of the Kurds in territorial sovereign borders became the first example of a new era of interventionism. While referring to the genocide in Rwanda, he argued about similar situations in the Post-Cold War Era where the right and duty of humanitarian intervention are not easily distinguishable from the benefits of state sovereignty. The doctrine of self-determination is closely aligned to the theory of separatism and is historically associated with the eighteen-century thoughts on popular sovereignty. There are various ethnic factions seeking recognition and autonomy, but not necessarily independence. In such circumstances, civil wars produced two types of populations which technically fall under the mandate of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and internally displaced people.
