Reports to the United Nations on Internally Displaced Persons

As Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin (the position was previously held by Francis M. Deng) reports annually to the Human Rights Council (formerly the Commission on Human Rights) and bi-annually to the General Assembly. He also issues reports following missions and working visits to countries experiencing problems of internal displacement.

• 2008 Annual Report (PDF 95 KB)
• 2007 Annual Report (PDF 107 KB)
• 2006 Annual Report (PDF 109 KB)
• 2005 Annual Report (DOC 120 KB)
• 2004 Annual Report (PDF 81.5 KB)
• 2003 Annual Report (PDF 93 KB)
• 2002 Annual Report (PDF 208 KB)
• 2001 Annual Report (PDF 76 KB)
• 2000 Annual Report (PDF 93 KB)
• 1999 Annual Report (PDF 82 KB)

Mission Reports

2008

• Working Visit to Mozambique, June-July 2008    Press Release
• Working Visit to Bosnia, June 2008                       Press Release
• Working Visit to Kenya, May 2008                           Press Release
• Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, February 2008    Press Release  French Press Release      Mission Report    French Mission Report

2007

• Mission to Sri Lanka, December 2007              Press Release      Mission Report
• Working Visit to Afghanistan, August 2007       Press Release
• Working Visit to Côte d'Ivoire, June 2007          Press Release      French Version
• Mission to Azerbaijan, April 2007                       Press Release
• Mission to the Central African Republic, February-March 2007      Press Release    French Version   Conclusions & Recommendations 

2006

• Mission to Lebanon & Israel, September 2006
• Mission to Colombia, June 2006       English / Spanish
• Mission to Côte d'Ivoire, April 2006    English / French

2005

• Mission to Georgia, December 2005 
• Mission to Sudan, October 2005 
• Mission to Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo), June 2005 
• Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 2005 
• Mission to Croatia, June 2005 
• Mission to Nepal, April 2005

Other Reports

• Submission to the UN Peacebuilding Commission (1/18/07)
• Report of the Secretary-General on the Performance and Effectiveness of the New Mechanism on Internal Displacement (20 March 2006)
• Report on Darfur to the United Nations (July 2004)
• Report on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (2/11/98)
• Compilation and Analysis of Legal Norms, Part II: Legal Aspects Relating to the Protection against Arbitrary Displacement (2/11/98)

Francis Deng's annual reports to the Commission on Human Rights prior to 1999 are available from the following website:
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/b/midp.htm


Statements Before the Commission

• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (4/11/05)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (4/7/04)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (4/10/03)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (PDF 98 KB, 4/12/02)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (7/13/00)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (4/13/00)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (4/16/99)

Workshop Reports

• Final Report of the Workshop on the Implementation of Uganda's National Policy for Internally Displaced Persons (3-4 July 2006)
• Final Report  [French] of the First Regional Conference on Internal Displacement in West Africa (26-28 April 2006)
• Final Report  [French] of the Regional Seminar on Internal Displacement in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region (24-26 August 2005)
• Summary Report of the Conference on Internal Displacement in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Subregion, Experts' Meeting (30 August - 1 September 2003)
• Summary Report of the Seminar on Internal Displacement in Southern Sudan (November 2002)
• Report on the International Conference on Internal Displacement in the Russian Federation (April 2002)
• Summary Report of the Regional Workshop on Internal Displacement in the South Caucasus (May 2000)
• Summary Report of the Workshop on Implementing the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (11 November 1999)
• Workshop on Internal Displacement in Africa (25 January 1999)

REPORTS AND STATEMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 

Reports to the General Assembly 

• 2007 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (8/13/07)
• 2006 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (8/21/06)
• 2005 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (10/28/05)
• 2003 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (9/26/03)
• 2001 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (8/21/01)
• 1999 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (9/29/99)
• 1997 Report on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (11/7/97)

Statements Before the Assembly

• Statement on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (10/29/07)
• Statement on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (10/23/06)
• Statement on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (10/28/05)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (11/11/03)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (11/9/01)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (7/24/00)
• Statement on Internally Displaced Persons (11/05/99)

Country Reports (Available in English, French and Spanish

• Profile in Displacement on Angola (1/25/01)
• Profile in Displacement on Armenia (11/6/01)
• Profile in Displacement on Azerbaijan (1/25/99)
• Profile in Displacement on Burundi (11/28/94)
• Profile in Displacement on Colombia (10/3/94) and follow-up mission (1/11/00)
• Profile in Displacement on East Timor (6/4/00)
• Profile in Displacement on Georgia (1/25/01)
• Profile in Displacement on Indonesia (2/15/02)
• Profile in Displacement on Mexico (1/10/03)
• Profile in Displacement on Mozambique (2/24/97)
• Profile in Displacement on Peru (4/01/96)
• Profile in Displacement on the Philippines (2/3/03)
• Note on the mission to the Russian Federation (2/24/04)
• Note on the mission to Rwanda (2/16/95)
• Profile in Displacement on Sri Lanka (1/25/94)
• Report on the Mission to Sudan (2/5/02) and follow up mission (11/27/02)
• Profile in Displacement on Tajikistan (10/24/96)
• Profile in Displacement on Turkey (11/27/02)
• Profile in Displacement on Uganda (3/3/04)