Resources

Here you can find a selection of the most important documents and web resources pertaining to the rights of internally displaced people.

• 1. Key websites
• Guiding Principles Global Database Comprehensive collection of official documents about the rights of the internally displaced and the application of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. The database includes relevant national laws and policies; regional and international instruments; UN documents and statements of national authorities.
• Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of IDPs Access to all documents pertaining to the mandate and the work of the Representative, including reports to UN bodies, UN resolutions and press releases since 1992
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Global information on internal displacement caused by armed conflicts and violence. The website gives access to the Global Internally Displaced Persons Database, which documents the situation of internally displaced people in more than 50 countries. Other information available includes training materials on the Guiding Principles and special reports.
• Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Access to all documents published by the Project, including studies, conference reports, and articles. The Project leads research and advocacy to promote more effective policies and institutional arrangements in response to internal displacement.
• Forced Migration Review Practice-oriented forum for debate on issues facing refugees and internally displaced people in order to improve policy and practice. FMR publishes articles by practitioners, researchers and displaced people which share information, experience and policy recommendations, and promotes wider public knowledge of, and respect for, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
• 2. The Guiding Principles – Full text and annotations
• Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, English version As presented to the UN Commission on Human Rights at its 54th session (E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2), 1998
• Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, English version (with forewords by Jan Egeland, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and Francis M. Deng) 2004 reprint
• Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement – translated versions The Guiding Principles have been translated into over 40 languages.
• The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, Revised Edition Walter Kälin, 2008
• 3. References to the Guiding Principles - Inter-governmental organisations
• 2005 World Summit Outcome UN General Assembly Resolution 60/1 (see para. 132), 2005
• Council of Europe, Internal displacement in Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1631, 2003
• Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons UN General Assembly Resolution 62/153 (see paras. 10 and 11), 2008
• Mandate of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons UN Human Rights Council Resolution 6/32, 2007
• Internally displaced persons Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/50, 1998
• General Conclusion on International Protection (No. 87 (L) - 1999) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – Executive Committee for the High Commissioner’s Programme
• Khartoum Declaration: Ministerial Conference on Internally Displaced Persons in the IGAD Sub-Region Intergovernmental Authority on Development, September 2003
• Organisation of American States, Internally Displaced Persons General Assembly Resolution 2417 (XXXVIII O/08), 2008
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ministerial Council, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Decision No. 4/03 (see para. 13), 2006
• Council of Europe, Recommendation (2006)6 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on internally displaced persons Committee of Ministers, 2006
• Council of Europe, Explanatory Memorandum Council of Europe Recommendation (2006)6 Committee of Ministers, 2006
• "Persons displaced during conflicts have the right to return" Viewpoint of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, September 2008
• World Food Programme, Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa September 2008
• World Food Programme, High Food Prices September 2008
• 4. Legal framework for the protection of IDPs – Overview
• Compilation and analysis of legal norms Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Francis M. Deng, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/57 (E/CN.4/1996/52/Add.2), 1995
• Compilation and Analysis of Legal Norms, Part II, Legal Aspects Relating to the Protection against Arbitrary Displacement, Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Francis Deng, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/39 (E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.1), 1998
• 5. Framework for the protection of IDPs – Key international human rights documents