The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reported that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) have signed an agreement "to improve IDP protection." While UNHCR is the principal refugee organization, it was recently designated the lead agency for the protection of conflict-induced IDPs by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). The NRC has consistently promoted both IDP and refugee protection in its field operations.
Chapter seven of UNHCR's newly published State of the World's Refugees discusses recent "efforts to strengthen the international response to crises of internal displacement."
A recent article in the Human Rights Tribune provides an overview of the international protection of internally displaced persons and includes links to the web sites of the principal organizations involved in IDP issues.
The International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) is offering a new course on the law of internal displacement. The next session will be held 2-7 October 2006, in Sanremo, Italy.
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