WUNRN
IDMC REPORT: INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT -
GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF
TRENDS &
DEVELOPMENTS IN 2010 - Multiple Gender Dimensions
Direct Link to 96-Page Report:
New York, March 23, 2011 – The
recorded number of people displaced within their country due to conflict or
violence rose to 27.5 million in 2010, which is the highest in a decade,
according to a report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre (IDMC).........
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IDMC - Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre
KAMPALA CONVENTION FOR THE
PROTECTION & ASSISTANCE OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN AFRICA -
CALL FOR RATIFICATION
The Mohamed family at Belet Amin IDP settlement, Somalia © K. Haughton/Trócaire
"The Convention is a major achievement. It represents
the will and determination of
The adoption of the Convention for the Protection and
Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in
However, to enter into force and become legally binding, the Convention has to be ratified by 15 countries.
Since it was endorsed in
The Convention applies to displacement caused by a wide range of causes – from conflict and human rights violations to natural or man-made disaster and development projects – and provides standards for the protection of people from arbitrary displacement, the protection of IDPs while they are displaced and durable solutions to their displacement.
The Convention in Brief
Key
Documents