Martina Caterina

@_martinacat

Legal Adviser to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs at UNHCR. RTs do not mean endorsements.

Geneva, Switzerland
Joined February 2016
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    May 17

    Find out more about the Plan of Action, what initiatives countries are planning and let us know how we can do more for !!

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    Jun 21

    Hear about needs from IDPs themselves: attend the "In their own words" event in Geneva on 27 June or follow it via Twitter at

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    Jun 20

    UN High Level Panel on "Impact of Armed Conflict on Children" starting now at so important given that 1 in 200 children around the world are forced to flee their homes because of violence, conflict and persecution. to end violence against children. – at ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Conference Building

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    Jun 19

    Day 2: Discussion on protecting the of , forced to leave their home or ways of life as a result of ; excellent remarks by on the use of language and on noting the transformative, positive opportunities.

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  5. Jun 21

    4 from , , Sudan are coming to Geneva to tell us what they need to get their lives back on track!! We hope to see you all at our event on 27 June, 11:30-13:00, Room XXV ! Thanks to PMs of , and

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    Jun 21

    With 40 million internally displaced people and over 20 million refugees. We mark , but it's also the 20th anniversary year of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (). Learn more about the GP20 campaign here:

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  7. Jun 19

    Very true - find out more on the situation of in Libya, read the Special Rapporteur’s mission report here:

    With displaced Libyan children from Tawergha. All attention is on refugees and migrants transiting through Libya. Hundreds of thousands of Libyan displaced people are often forgotten: yet internal conflict has caused hardship to many.
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    Jun 19

    Never before has the world registered a larger number of people fleeing from war and persecution:

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  9. Jun 18

    The reports from on country missions on situations in , and are now available online:

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  10. Jun 18

    Our new report on the "20th anniversary of the on : an agenda for strategic and joint action# is now available:

    , , and
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    Jun 17

    Thanks also for inviting to lead sessions on and monitoring progress to and share work on . A much appreciated collaboration over the last 3 years!

    My sincere thanks to , funders, UNHCR, fantastic facilitators and the marvelous participants from 4 continents for the fruitful learnings in the 14th IDP law course special edition on . PS to its founder, - it gets better and better!!!
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    Jun 11

    Plan of Action introduced at the 14th Course on the Law of Internal Displacement in Sanremo commemorating the 20 years of the Guiding Principles. Find out more:

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    Jun 11

    The 14th Course Law of Internal Displacement - Special Edition for - hosted by & co-convened by & , starts today with pax from AZ, CO, ETH, FR, HON, IT, KE, LEB, MEX, MYN, NGA, PH, SS, SU, CH, ZAM

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    Jun 8

    The new Coordination Committee 2018-2019 for the starts work today - looking forward to the team work for productive endeavours!

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  15. Jun 7

    Great to see this happening!

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    Jun 7

    Of these, the majority remain within their countries’ borders, so roughly 0.6% of the world’s population are . Time to take note and change our collective attitudes to .

    Refugees now make up 1% of the world's population, the 2018 Global Peace Index shows, the highest level in modern history via
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    Jun 6

    Call for abstracts: displacement - For , IDMC is seeking contributions to enhance our knowledge base of the scale and scope of urban . Deadline: 2 July. Find out more here:

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    Jun 6

    Grateful for the opportunity to share at the Humanitarian Coordinators Retreat my thoughts as on how the Plan of Action can be leveraged at national level for prevention and protection, as well on "leaving no one behind" and for

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    Jun 5

    ‘There is also an apparent unwillingness or inability to accept that displacement events happening now are already linked to climate change…’ From ‘Focusing on climate-related internal ’ in FMR 49 (May 2015):

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    Jun 5

    : hear perspectives from on why analysis is important for them

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    Jun 3

    20 years on from the introduction of the , progress for has not been good enough. Let's put back on the global agenda. Follow our call to action at:

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