o in countries of first asylum, or resettlement in countries of subsequent asylum. Provision of physical protection, whereby refugees enjoy safety and security in their lives and of their properties. This includes ensuring that refugees and their communities are protected against any attack or violation, particularly by the state responsible for their displacement. Explanation (2)5 "Refugee" is a legal status, according to which a person acquires the right to international protection as a consequence of the lack of national protection due to persecution by the state or its subjects, or the state’s inability to provide the necessary protection. The lack of protection may result from a situation of occupation or settler–colonialism, as is the case in Palestine. The concept of protection has evolved throughout history and developed into a customary international obligation, which is prescribed by several international instruments. International protection reflects the set of measures that ensure the preservation of human dignity and enjoyment of fundamental human rights. In the context of refugees, as long as the state that is responsible for the displacement is unwilling or unable to ensure that a person enjoys sanctioned rights, the international community, as a whole and as individual states, are bound to ensure legal, humanitarian and physical protection. This is an obligation and not charity. It is an international responsibility that remains in effect until the refugee's situation is durably resolved in accordance with the provisions of international law and based on a free, informed and individual choice of the refugee. While integration and resettlement offer durable solutions, the application is dependent on the state(s) concerned rather than on refugee voluntary choice. On the other hand, voluntary return is both a durable solution and an individual right. Hence, return is a right 5 BADIL, Survey 2013-2015, supra note 2, pp 57-70; BADIL, Susan Akram, Temporary Protection and its Applicability to the Palestinian Refugee Case, Brief No. 4, 2000. 7