second the grant of asylum to the victims of such atrocities is increasingly not available leading to greater numbers of internally displaced persons idps loescher orchard third the decline of asylum has gone hand in hand with a shift from the protection offered by states via the grant of asylum to the less effective incountry aid and assistance offered by humanitarian organizations orchard it is worthwhile considering each of these challenges in more detail as a matter of international law forced displacementforcible transferdeportation can itself amount to a breach of international humanitarian law geneva convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war art a crime against humanity rome statute art