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How can IDPs be effectively involved in the peace process?

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are a much abused and marginalised 'consequence' of war. However, they are also rarely involved in the peace – despite being key stakeholders in any subsequent process. This paper considers how IDPs can effectively participate in and contribute to peace processes; seeks to identify good practice for the inclusion of internal displacement issues in the text of formal peace agreements; and attempts to establish the reasons why internal displacement should also be mainstreamed in peacebuilding efforts.

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The contradictions between judicial and customary systems and their impact on restitution in Côte d’Ivoire: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2009; Armed conflict broke out in Côte d’Ivoire in 2002, which caused the country to be divided in two: the north under the control of the Forces Nouvelles rebels and the south in the hands of t...
How can internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq attain parity with the non-IDP population?: J. Bigio;J. Scott / Brookings Institution, 2009; With increased levels of security in Iraq in 2008-9, displaced persons have begun to make decisions about their future, and the number of displaced Iraqis making settlement decisions is expected to in...
What is the situation of IDPs in Algeria?: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2009; Although Algeria has been affected by large-scale internal displacement caused by the internal conflict that has ravaged the country since the early 1990s, very little information is available on t...
Ensuring human security can lead to better opportunities for human development in the Arab world: M. El-Sayyid;M. Al-Rasheed;S. Benjelloun;Et al / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009; This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to on...
Climate change could fuel further conflict in the Middle East: O. Brown;A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2009; Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water ...
Increasing recognition and protection of refugees and migrants in Mashrek countries: L. Hilal;S. Samy / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2008; Refugees and migrants in the Mashrek countries (defined as Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria for the purposes of this report) are at risk of unlawful deportation, ill treatment and exploitation. Di...
Security ,Stability and Development- a guide for the Great Lakes Pact: D. Clancy;O. Bueno (ed);K. Ridderbos (ed) / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2008; The Great Lakes region has one of the largest displaced populations in the whole world with about two million refugees and ten million IDPs. Most of these displacements are due to violent co...
Assessing quality of life under political conflict: A. Mataria;R. Giacaman;A. Stefanini / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2008; The entrenched conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) has altered social welfare and health care delivery systems in ways that pose challenges beyond those seen in other conflict or...
Persisting rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region: I. Christensen;B. Veillerette;S. Andricopulos / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2007; Poverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area’s population lives in rural areas. This report focuses on key rural poverty is...
How to improve services and protection for displaced people with disabilities: Women's Refugee Commission, 2008; Persons with disabilities remain among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people today. People with disabilities are often literally and programmatically “invis...