The role of international humanitarian law and international organizations in protecting refugees from international conflicts

This study is based on shedding a direct view on the main importance and significance of the role of international humanitarian law in protecting refugees from international armed conflicts, as well as providing protection to refugees, as the phenomenon of asylum has taken a wide place in many international forums recently. The asylum crisis is considered to be a great burden on the international community due to its increasing size, aggravation, and spread in many countries and its negative effects, especially on host countries or asylum countries in terms of political, economic, security, and even demographic factors, which negatively affect refugees in these countries. This study is also based on a set of objectives, including the statement of what is meant by the rights and protection of refugees, the historical roots of the right of asylum, and international conventions. The methodology that has been taken in this paper is the analytical and inductive descriptive approach, which was also adopted in the texts of international law. The study reached a set of objectives, including that the asylum process is a legitimate and civil right for all those who are exposed to international conflicts, and that asylum is a right related to the sovereignty of the state, and the principle of sovereignty is considered an obstacle to the right of asylum, in addition to the material challenges faced by refugees. In conclusion, the study concluded that it is necessary to develop new and fair international agreements in order to keep abreast of developments in the phenomenon of international asylum, and to establish a clearly defined mechanism with amended agreements on international humanitarian laws between all countries in order to divide and find solutions to the problem of asylum, and finally, work must be done to address the problems that lead to the outbreak of wars between countries and the need for asylum.