Internal displacement/forced migration: standards and mechanisms -- texts and commentary
Websites/Multiple Documents
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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UN Standards, mechanisms, mandate and report of the RSG, other documents.
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian
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"Global forced displacement has seen accelerated growth in 2014,
once again reaching unprecedented levels. The year saw the highest
displacement on record. By end-2014, 59.5 million individuals
were forcibly displaced worldwide as a result of persecution, conflict,
generalized violence, or human rights violations. This is 8.3 million
persons more than the year before (51.2 million) and the highest
annual increase in a single year."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR
Date of publication:
2014-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2015-07-11
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Individual Documents
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Internal displacement/forced migration: standards and mechanisms -- texts and commentary, Internal displacement/forced migration - global and regional
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English
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Most Burmese people fleeing their homes do so for a combination of reasons. The root causes for leaving, however,
determine which category? they belong to: internally displaced persons? (IDPs) or economic migrants?. There is
some discussion as to whether people leaving their homes due to exhaustion of livelihoods options are IDPs
according to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement1 – or not. Ashley South and Andrew Bosson present
their views below...
Ashley South, Andrew Bosson
Source/publisher:
"Forced Migration Review" No. 30
Date of publication:
2008-04-22
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-30
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Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese
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"In the face of continuing grave violations of human rights
by the Burmese government against its own civilians, it is
imperative that the international community start to
respond to Burma in terms of the Responsibility to Protect
(R2P) principle..."
Kavita Shukla
Source/publisher:
"Forced Migration Review" No. 30
Date of publication:
2008-04-22
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-30
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Individual Documents
Language:
English, Burmese
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Description:
"The Handbook for Applying the Guiding Principles on Internal
Displacement was reviewed by UN agencies and NGOs at a meeting
at the UN in April 1999. It was decided that the UN would publish
and disseminate it together with the Manual on Field Practice in
Internal Displacement. The two volumes complement one another
and together provide a sound basis for undertaking protection and
assistance activities on behalf of internally displaced persons.
It is my hope that this Handbook will be widely used by field staff
working with internally displaced populations. It can raise awareness
to the needs of the internally displaced, measure conditions on the
ground, train staff in working with the displaced, and promote
compliance by governments and nonstate actors with the provisions
of the Guiding Principles. It also can help displaced communities
better understand their rights and the responsibilities of governments
and non-state actors toward them..." Francis M. Deng
Representative of the Secretary-General
on Internally Displaced Persons.
Source/publisher:
UN OCHA, The Brookings Institution Project on Internal Displacement
Date of publication:
1999-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2007-03-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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532.39 KB
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Source/publisher:
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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