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A hidden displacement crisis
Among those registered as having returned, many have not been able to achieve a durable solution but continue to face difficulties in accessing basic necessities, in rebuilding their livelihoods, and in exercising their civil rights
31 October 2012 | Overview
The new peace agreement in the Philippines is an opportunity to address internal displacement in Mindanao
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) welcomes the signing this week of a peace deal by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country's main Muslim rebel group.
19 October 2012 | Briefing Paper
Bangladesh
IDMC's Bangladesh page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Myanmar
IDMC's Myanmar page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Timor-Leste
IDMC's Timor-Leste page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Conflict-induced displacement in Mindanao
31 July 2012 | Map
Indonesia
IDMC's Indonesia page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Nepal
IDMC's Nepal page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Turkmenistan
IDMC's Turkmenistan page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Philippines
IDMC's Philippines page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Indonesia: Conflict and displacement in Papua and West Papua (2003-2010)
31 July 2012 | Map
Thailand
IDMC's Thailand page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Lao People's Democratic Republic
IDMC's Lao People's Democratic Republic page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Pakistan
IDMC's Pakistan page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Solomon Islands
IDMC's Solomon Islands page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
Sri Lanka
IDMC's Sri Lanka page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
South and South-East Asia
IDMC's page for Asia-Pacific provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the region.
31 July 2012 | Region Page
Afghanistan
IDMC's Afghanistan page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
India
IDMC's India page provides an overview of the latest figures and key concerns facing internally displaced people in the country.
31 July 2012 | Country Page
UPR Submission Philippines 2012
Internal armed conflicts have caused internal displacement in the Philippines for at least the past 30 years. Most of the displacement in recent years has resulted from fighting between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and has been concentrated in the Muslim-majority provinces in the southern region of Mindanao.
01 June 2012 | Human Rights Mechanism
UPR Submission Indonesia 2012
More than 1.4 million people in Indonesia were displaced throughout the country between 1999 and 2002 by violence between ethnic and religious groups competing for political and economic resources, in the context of an economic recession and a political reconfiguration that followed the ending of Suharto’s “New Order”.
01 June 2012 | Human Rights Mechanism
UPR Submission India 2012
People internally displaced by conflict or violence in India have seen their enjoyment of human rights compromised on account of their displacement, including their rights to an adequate standard of living, to education, and to work.
21 May 2012 | Human Rights Mechanism
Unresolved property issues and IDP policy hiatus undermine search for durable solutions
A national IDP policy was promulgated in 2007 but has failed to meet its objective to ensure protection and assistance to all people displaced by conflict
11 April 2012 | Overview