IDMC Publications

Appeal 2010 (February 2010)
With this Appeal, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre presents its plans for the year 2010.

Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2009 (May 2010)
Yearly report on major global and regional developments in the field of internal displacement.

Activity Report 2009 (June 2010)
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre's (IDMC) Activity Report covering the year 2009.

Still at risk: Internally displaced children’s rights in north-west Pakistan (June 2010)
Since August 2008, more than two million children have been forced from their homes in north-western regions of the country by fighting between government forces and militants of the Pakistani Taliban. (...)

Principle Versus practice: Case study on education and displacement in Turkey (August 2010)
Internal displacement can jeopardise children’s right to education, in both protracted and emergency situations. This case study focuses on two factors that affect displaced children’s ability to...

Making the Kampala Convention work for IDPs (July 2010)
In October 2009, the African Union adopted the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention). Building on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the experiences, laws and policies of African states, the Kampala Convention represents an important milestone in the protection of IDPs’ rights.

Building momentum for land restoration: Towards property restitution for IDPs in Colombia (November 2010) (En | Sp)
According to the government agency Acción Social, around six per cent of national territory has been abandoned, while between 3.3 and 4.9 million people have been displaced by conflict and violence in Colombia. (...)

National outrage: Violence against internally displaced women and girls in eastern Chad (November 2010) (En | Fr)
Internally displaced women and girls in eastern Chad face widespread and serious violence at the hands of armed militias and bandits, government troops, and members of their own communities and families...

Learning in displacement: Briefing paper on the right to education of internally displaced people (November 2010)
This paper introduces a series of case studies looking at education for IDPs. It examines the international human rights law framework for guaranteeing education to IDPs, focusing on issues such as non-discrimination and documentation that are particularly likely to arise in this context.