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GP20 Compilation launch event – November 23, 2020
GP20 Compilation of National Practices to Prevent, Address and Find Durable Solutions to Internal DisplacementTo mark the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (GP20) in 2018, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs...
GP20 Compilation of National Practices to Prevent, Address and Find Durable Solutions to Internal Displacement
GP20 Compilation of National Practices to Prevent, Address and Find Durable Solutions to Internal Displacement FULL REPORTArabic | French | Spanish Country ExamplesAfghanistan: Restoring Livelihoods for IDPs and Displacement-Affected Communities Ethiopia: The Durable...
GP20 Webinar October 6 – Peacebuilding and internal forced displacement: victims reparation and inclusion in the context of Colombia’s peace process
This GP20 webinar was organized jointly by IOM, UNHCR and UNDP and specifically looked at the challenges and intersection of the Victims Law and Peace Accords with FARC; as well as discuss coordination opportunities with institutional initiatives for victims of...
GP20 Webinar 23 July 2020: IDP data and evidence to prevent and address internal displacement, including to ensure durable solutions
This webinar was organized by the GP20 initiative together with IDMC, IOM and UNICEF. It focused on how data available on internal displacement, generated from across the data ecosystem is guiding national and local governments in their response to prevent and address...
Regional Exchange on Preventing and Addressing Internal Displacement in the Americas
This first virtual GP20 regional exchange on internal displacement was organized with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and took place on 25 June 2020. It focused on government efforts to prevent and address internal displacement in Colombia, El Salvador,...
Regional Exchange on Preventing and Addressing Internal Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa
This second virtual GP20 regional exchange on internal displacement took place on 7 July 2020 and focused on government efforts to prevent and address internal displacement in Libya, Syria and Yemen. Resources Agenda Event Summary in English and Arabic Presentations...
Presentation of reports of UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs to the UN Human Rights Council 44th session
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, presented two reports to the UN Human Rights Council 44th session.The presentation of the reports, and ensuing dialogue took place on WEDNESDAY July 8 from 11:00 am...
Internally Displaced Persons Must Be “Agents of Their Own Solutions”: IOM Joins High-Level Discussion to Resolve Internal Displacement
Source : IOM 06/11/2020 Geneva – Humanitarian and human rights leaders convened today to explore durable solutions for the world’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as the host communities and governments affected by internal displacement. The International...
Aljazeera: COVID-19 makes addressing internal displacement even more urgent
People forced to flee their homes by conflict, violence or disaster are among those most at risk during this pandemic by Donald Kaberuka & Federica Mogherini, Co-Chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement. Source: Aljazeera,...
“We Can Do It!” – Building Safer Homes in Iraq’s IDP Camps
Written by Vanessa Okoth-Obbo/Photography by Yad Abdulqader IOM Iraq 2020 The shelters that make up Jad’ah 5 camp, in Iraq’s Ninewa Governorate, all have the same architecture: tents made of a metal frame; an inner cover; a layer of insulation; an outer cover;...