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This document discusses internally displaced persons (IDPs) in conflict areas. It defines IDPs as persons forced to flee their homes due to armed conflict, violence, or disasters, but who remain within their country's borders, unlike refugees who cross international borders. The document outlines challenges facing IDPs such as property loss, family separation, insecurity, and lack of access to services. It also examines challenges for organizations assisting IDPs, such as government cooperation, access to information, resettlement, and security. Case studies of IDP situations in Pakistan and Colombia illustrate these challenges and responses from organizations such as the UN.
IDP Class presentation
- 1. INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN CONFLICT AREASJean-Patrick PERRIN Milena MIKAEL-DEBASS
- 2. I. General Factsa. Definitions : Difference between IDP/refugeeIDPs are :“... persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.” (UN’s Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement)
- 3. A refugee is : "A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it..’’ (UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by the 1967 protocol)
- 4. “Excuse me, are you an IDP, a refugee or a migrant? Are you a victim of conflict or another situation of violence? Oh, you are a nomad. Are you migrating because of conflict or because it is your way of life?”JordiRaich, ICRC’s head of delegation in Sudan (2009)
- 5. b. Types/causes of internal displacement General causes of displacement:Armed conflicts/Generalized violence
- 6. Violation of human rights Types of forced displacement :The forced displacement and relocation of people to isolate and combat insurgency movements
- 7. The grouping of population in peace villages to ensure their protection
- 8. Altering demographic composition in some region
- 9. The struggle for control of strategic territories, or resources
- 10. Plus natural and human-made disastersc. Global and regional statistics Source: Internal displacement monitoring centre
- 13. FamilySeparation
- 14. Insecurity
- 15. Risk of sexual violence
- 17. Restrictedaccess to healthcare services
- 18. Challenges for IDP Service ProvidersGovernmentcooperation Access to information WFP survey: ¼ of people surveyed not registeredIdentifyingIDPsUrbanpoor or migrant vs. IDP
- 21. Challenges for IDP Service ProvidersResettlement/reintegration2006: Ugandangvt. declares all IDPs free to return homeMore than 1.2 million displaced in 150 camps in Acholi sub-region
- 22. Challenges for IDP Service ProvidersSecurity in campsML&E capacityWorkshops on UN GuidingPrincipleswithspecializedgvt. Agencies
- 23. Training large numbers of UN staff
- 24. Implementation of follow-upactivitiesIII. Situation Analysis: Case studies to illustrate challengesa. Short termconflict-induceddisplacement : Pakistansource: UNHABITAT
- 26. Situation of IDPs outside official camps is similarly critical
- 27. Organisations involved in the crisis lack reliable data to estimate IDPs’ needs. Organizing IDPs camps posed huge challengesThe lack of cooperation between local administration and organisations impeded aid delivery
- 29. Colombia IDP ProfileCause of displacement:FARC, Paramilitary/government violent clashesForcible appropriation of land Statistics:3.6 to 5.9 million displaced 290,000 newly displaced in 20091/3 of IDP population are indigenous or Afro-ColombiansIDP women are particularly marginalized
- 31. Colombia- Challenges facing IDPsHousingHumanitarianAidLivelihoodsopp.Land rights
- 32. Who is intervening?Funded by Norway, Germany, Canada and USAGovernmentAgenciesLocal and national NGOsOperationalPartners
- 33. UNHCR ResponseThreekey objectives : Community participation and mobilizationData collection and sharingImprove the land registry system and legalframework to allow IDP to holdtitle to their land
- 34. National ResponseIDP issue: “Unconstitutional state of affairs” in 2004Extensive legislation making provisions for IDPsReforms for increased resources available to municipal authorities mandated to provide IDP services2010: New administration presents a land restitution bill to Congress
- 35. Job opportunitiesORGANIZATIONSUNHCR/UNDP/UNOCHAIOMICRCECHOUSAIDIRCAVSIMercy HandsNorwegianRefugee CouncilSKILLS IN DEMANDCamp/programmanagementML&EInterpreters/TranslatorsMedical staffPublichealthFinance/accountingAgriculture/environmental