Topic Index
Country & Area-Specific
Development
General Overview
Guiding Principles
Institutional Arrangements
Mandate
National and Regional Laws and Policies
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
Natural Disasters
Peace, Peace Agreements, and Peacebuilding
Peacekeeping
Property
Protection
Regional Organizations
Voting Rights
When Displacement Ends
Women and Children

Over the past five years, a number of governments and regional bodies have begun to adopt policies and laws on internal displacement; others are in the process of doing so. This compilation contains existing policies and laws from 13 countries and notes 5 countries currently drafting policies and laws. As new policies and laws are adopted, we will make them available through our website.


National Laws and Policies Database

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    • Type Title Author Date
           
    Database Online Global Database on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement February 2008 (launch)
           
    Statement     "The Great Lakes Protocol on Internally Displaced Persons: Responses and Challenges," Symposium on International Law in Post Conflict Situations: The Great Lakes Process, London School of Economics  Walter Kälin 27 September 2007
     
    Background Paper The Internal Displacement Law and Policy Manual Rhodri C. Williams 2007
     
    Article "A Developing Trend: Laws and Policies on Internal Displacement," Human Rights Brief Jessica Wyndham Winter 2006