2. I. General Facts a. Definitions : Difference between IDP/refugee IDPs are : “... persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.” (UN’s Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement)
3. A refugee is : "A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it..’’ (UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by the 1967 protocol)
4. “Excuse me, are you an IDP, a refugee or a migrant? Are you a victim of conflict or another situation of violence? Oh, you are a nomad. Are you migrating because of conflict or because it is your way of life?” JordiRaich, ICRC’s head of delegation in Sudan (2009)
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18. Challenges for IDP Service Providers Governmentcooperation Access to information WFP survey: ¼ of people surveyed not registered IdentifyingIDPs Urbanpoor or migrant vs. IDP
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21. Challenges for IDP Service Providers Resettlement/reintegration 2006: Ugandangvt. declares all IDPs free to return home More than 1.2 million displaced in 150 camps in Acholi sub-region
29. Colombia IDP Profile Cause of displacement: FARC, Paramilitary/government violent clashes Forcible appropriation of land Statistics: 3.6 to 5.9 million displaced 290,000 newly displaced in 2009 1/3 of IDP population are indigenous or Afro-Colombians IDP women are particularly marginalized
32. Who is intervening? Funded by Norway, Germany, Canada and USA GovernmentAgencies Local and national NGOs OperationalPartners
33. UNHCR Response Threekey objectives : Community participation and mobilization Data collection and sharing Improve the land registry system and legalframework to allow IDP to holdtitle to their land
34. National Response IDP issue: “Unconstitutional state of affairs” in 2004 Extensive legislation making provisions for IDPs Reforms for increased resources available to municipal authorities mandated to provide IDP services 2010: New administration presents a land restitution bill to Congress
35. Job opportunities ORGANIZATIONS UNHCR/UNDP/UNOCHA IOM ICRC ECHO USAID IRC AVSI Mercy Hands NorwegianRefugee Council SKILLS IN DEMAND Camp/programmanagement ML&E Interpreters/Translators Medical staff Publichealth Finance/accounting Agriculture/environmental
