Topic Index
Country & Area-Specific

Development
General Overview
Guiding Principles
Institutional Arrangements
Justice and Displacement
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


For more information see also Chapter 1 "Introduction" in Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement by Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng (Brookings Institution 1998).







Type Title Author Date
       
Statement "Justice, Accountability and the Protection of Displaced Persons," given at the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group's Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration Andrew Solomon 1 December 2009
Statement "The Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons," UN General Assembly Walter Kälin 26 October 2009
       
Article "Up Close and From the Tower: Two Views of Refugee and Internally Displaced Populations," International Studies Review Roberta Cohen 2 September 2009
       
Opinion "Renewed Effort Needed to Help the Displaced," The Irish Times Walter Kälin 30 October 2008
       
Paper "Durable Solutions for IDPs in Protracted Situations: Three Case Studies," presented at the ARC/Austcare Symposium on Enhancing Protection of Civilians in Protracted Conflicts Alex Mundt and Elizabeth Ferris 28 October 2008
       
Opinion "Displacement and Human Rights: A Continuing Challenge" Carlos Pascual 16 October 2008
       
Opinion "Strengthening the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons" Walter Kälin 16 October 2008
       
Report Moving Beyond Rhetoric: Consultation and Participation with IDPs, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement October 2008
       
Report Listening to the Voices of the Displaced: Lessons Learned, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Roberta Cohen September 2008
       
Statement "Internal Displacement, Human Rights, and Development," given at the Club of Madrid Conference on Globalization, International Migration and Development Elizabeth Ferris 19 August 2008
       
Opinion Protecting Displaced Migrants in South Africa Khalid Koser 17 June 2008
       
Opinion Rising Food Prices and Displacement Khalid Koser 23 April 2008
       
Report Consulting IDPs: Moving Beyond Rhetoric February 2008
       
Report Annual Report 2007 Brookings-Bern Project Spring 2008
       
Article "Humanitarian Imperatives are Transforming Sovereignty," Northwestern Journal of International Affairs Roberta Cohen Winter 2008
       
Article "Towards a Research Agenda on Internal Displacement," Forced Migration Review #29 Elizabeth Ferris December 2007
       
Statement "Addressing Internally Displaced Persons in a Peace Process," United States Institute of Peace Khalid Koser 14 December 2007
       
Report "Consulting IDPs: Moving Beyond Rhetoric," Summary Report, Moving Beyond Rhetoric - Consulting with IDPs, Geneva Brookings-Bern Project November 2007
 
Statement "Humanitarian Reform: Responding to IDP Situations in Non-cluster Countries," UNHCR-NGO Consultations Meetings, Geneva Elizabeth Ferris September 2007
       
Report Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements and Peace-Building Brookings-Bern Project September 2007
       
Book Chapter "A Faithful Case for Intervention: Our Common Responsibility to Protect Humanity and Prevent Atrocities" in Pursuing the Common Good: Principle and Practice in U.S. Foreign Policy (Center for American Progress Elizabeth Ferris September 2007
       
Article "Improving Health and Mortality Data for IDPs," Forced Migration Review #28 Robert Lidstone July 2007
       
Article "Peace the Only Solution to Displaced People's Needs," New Routes Elizabeth Ferris 29 June 2007
       
Article "Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements, and Peacebuilding," CHA Newsletter Volume 2 Issue 3 Khalid Koser Summer 2007
       
Desk Study     Health and Mortality of Internally Displaced Persons: Reviewing the Data and Defining Directions for Research Robert Lidstone     1 May 2007    
       
Statement "Key Policy Debates in the Internal Displacement Field," at the International Symposium on Internal Displacement in Turkey and Abroad: International Principles, Experiences and Policy Proposals Roberta Cohen 4 December 2006
 
Article The Concept of Internal Displacement and the Case for Internally Displaced Persons as a Category of Concern Erin Mooney Fall 2005
 
Article Internally Displaced Persons - the Protection Gap Walter Kälin Winter 2004
 
Lecture Displaced Persons in their own Countries, Lecture text Cecilia Piazza 14 June 2004
 
Article The Plight of the Internally Displaced: A Challenge to the International Community  Francis M. Deng 8 April 2004
 
Article Nowhere To Run, No Place To Hide Roberta Cohen November/December 2002
 
Interview Global Q&A: Internally Displaced Persons - The New Global Crisis Foreign Policy Association 3 January 2002
 
Statement Statement of the Representative of the Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons to the 56th Session of the General Assembly Francis M. Deng 9 November 2001
 
Lecture Exodus Within Borders: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement Roberta Cohen 31 May 2001
 
Lecture Masses in Flight: People under Assault in their Own Countries Roberta Cohen 16 January 2001
 
Address The Global Challenge of Internal Displacement Francis M. Deng 18 November 2000
 
Statement Refugee Protection in the 21st Century: Renewing Our Commitment Roberta Cohen 14 November 2000
 
Statement Statement before the World Food Programme Consultation on Humanitarian Issues Roberta Cohen 16 March 2000
 
Article The Forgotten Ones: A Survey of Recent Literature on Displaced Persons,Harvard International Review Roberta Cohen Winter/Spring 2000
 
Lecture New Challenges for Refugee Policy: Internally Displaced Persons Roberta Cohen April 1999
 
Interview IDPs: The Hot Issue for a New Millennium, Refugees Issue 117 1999
 
Article Refugee at Home: The World of the Internally Displaced Roberta Cohen Fall 1999
 
Article Flocks without Shepherds: The International Dilemma of Internal Displacement, Rights Have No Borders: Worldwide Internal Displacement Francis M. Deng 1998
 
Article Exodus within Borders: The Uprooted Who Never Left Home Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng July/August 1998
 
Statement Presented at Conference on Human Rights and Forced Displacement
Published in Human Rights and Forced Displacement, Anne Bayefsky and Joan Fitzpatrick, eds. (Kluwer Press, 2000)
Francis M. Deng 7 May 1998
 
Interview Human Rights Tribune
Copies of this interview can be obtained from e-mail: hri@hri.ca
Francis M. Deng June 1997
 
Article "Curative Prevention: Breaking the Cycle of Displacement," Kevin M. Cahill MD, Preventive Diplomacy: Stopping Wars Before They Start Francis M. Deng 1996
 
Article "Dealing with the Displaced: A Challenge to the International Community,"
Global Governance, Volume 1
Francis M. Deng 1995
 
Article Frontiers of Sovereignty: A Framework of Protection, Assistance and Development for the Internally Displaced Francis M. Deng 1995


Last updated 15 January 2010