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FMR 38 – The Technology Issue

Conferences

THE NANSEN CONFERENCE
Climate Change and Displacement in the 21^st Century
Oslo, Norway - June 5-7,2011
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TEN YEARS OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
Achievements and Future Challenges
Oslo, Norway - October 16-17, 2008
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An internally displaced girl sits in a flooded room with her family belongings, Badin district, Sindh, September 2011. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Country update Pakistan: Displacement caused by conflict and natural disasters, achievements and challenges 10 January 2012 Pakistan has faced a series of displacement crises due to natural disasters and armed conflict in recent years. 19 million people have been displaced by earthquakes and flooding and over five million by armed conflict over the past seven years. In December 2011, more than half a million people were still displaced following the flooding of the Indus in September, and almost one million remained internally displaced by armed conflict in the north-west. (...)

Latest Country Profile Updates

• 30 December 2011
  Bangladesh : Progress on internal displacement response needed
  Twenty years of armed struggle in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), pitting the armed forces and Bengali settlers against indigenous groups seeking greater autonomy, formally ended in 1997 with the signing of the CHT Peace Accord. The accord granted cultural recognition and a degree of self-government to indigenous groups and foresaw the rehabilitation of internally displaced people (IDPs), but the situation of displaced indigenous people and Bengalis has not been resolved. ... more
• 29 December 2011
  Colombia : Improved government response yet to have impact for IDPs
  Colombia’s government, led since 2010 by President Juan Manuel Santos, has changed its discourse in favour of those who have suffered human rights violations due the conflict and violence within the country. However, it is yet to translate this into effective action to protect the rights of Colombia’s internally displaced people (IDPs) and other victims of conflict. Displacement has continued in 2011 at the same rate as in previous years, as have attacks on IDPs and human rights activists. IDPs continue to have only limited access to the basic necessities of life. ... more

Publications

• Atelier de réflexion sur les solutions durables pour des personnes déplacées internes (Dec 2011)
  La CNTB en collaboration avec le CNR et son IDMC a organisé un atelier de réflexion sur le rôle de la CNTB dans la recherche des solutions durables pour les PDIs le 10 Novembre 2011 au centre de réunion Chez André à Bujumbura.... more
• “This is our land”: Ethnic violence and internal displacement in north-east India (Nov 2011)
  Nearly a million people have been forced to flee their homes by ethnic violence in north-east India over the past 20 years, but their government has failed in its duty to protect them.... more
• Moving towards integration: Overcoming segregated education for IDPs (September 2011)
  All children have a right to education, including displaced children affected by conflict. (...)... more
• Unlocking the protracted displacement of refugees and internally displaced persons (2011)
  This paper considers how international actors should frame protracted displacements and the search for ‘solutions’ to such crises.... more
• Activity Report 2010 (July 2011)
  The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre's (IDMC) Activity Report covering the year 2010. ... more
• Armed non-State actors and the protection of internally displaced people (June 2011)
  IDMC and Geneva Call organised in March 2011 an expert conference which explored different aspects of the complex interface between NSAGs and IDPs. ... more
• Resolving internal displacement: Prospects for local integration (June 2011)
  This publication includes the six case studies commissioned for the 2nd seminar on local integration, which was held in Geneva, from 19-20 January 2011.... more
• Displacement due to natural hazard-induced disasters: Global estimates for 2009 and 2010 (June 2011)
  Over 42 million people across the world were forced to flee due to disasters triggered by sudden-onset natural hazards in 2010, according to this study by IDMC.... more