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Researching Internal Displacement
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A hub for cutting-edge research on internal displacement. A home for global networks researching IDPs: http://researchinginternaldisplacement.org
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Excellent blog by Rachel Stromsta examines the growing displacement crisis in South Sudan, where overlapping impacts of conflict and climate change are deepening insecurity for IDPs. It calls on government and other stakeholders to acknowledge and address the 'dual crisis'.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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New RID piece by top authors argues that for those displaced by Hurricane Melissa, the real disaster has just begun. It shows why the forthcoming treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters must include "displacement, evacuation and planned relocations".
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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1/11. 📢 KEY MESSAGES: The seventh meeting of the Board (B7) of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (FRLD) 🔥⛈️🌊 starts next week! ⏰

🔗Read our key messages here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke...

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KEY MESSAGES FOR THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE BOARD (B7) OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE (FRLD)
By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
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October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Provocative new piece by Walter Kälin and Peter de Clercq argues that the UN's New Humanitarian Compact lacks blue-sky thinking and thus threatens to leave displaced persons even more marginalised.

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September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Insightful piece from Nepal highlights a promising study of voluntary 'migration as adaptation' that has allowed rural villages to maintain their vitality in the face of slow-onset climatic hazards, staving off the displacement of entire villages.
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Sparks of Hope amid Climate Uncertainty: Migration and Changing Rural Landscapes in the Mid-hills of Nepal - Researching Internal Displacement
This insightful short article from Nepal highlights a promising case study of voluntary 'migration as adaptation' to socio-environmental changes that has allowed rural villages to maintain their vital...
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September 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Forthcoming webinar: 'Displacement due to Environmental Factors: Lessons from #LatinAmerica', 6 November 2025, 1pm-2pm UK time

This webinar will discuss new research on how Latin American societies have addressed legal/policy challenges posed by #environmentalfactors.

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Displacement due to Environmental Factors: Lessons from Latin America
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September 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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In this blog, I explain how the ICJ’s historic Advisory Opinion on Climate Change addresses displacement, international protection and ongoing statehood researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
How the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Addresses Displacement, International Protection and Ongoing Statehood - Researching Internal Displacement
The International Court of Justice’s long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change embeds important principles of international human rights law. It confirms ...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Timely blog by Jane McAdam discusses how the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change stands to shape legal and protection considerations around human displacement and ongoing statehood in the context of climate change.

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July 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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New Spanish language piece by Ana Paredes Marín and Alejandra Barrios Ariano looking at "Women’s Experiences of Internal Displacement and Relocation in the context of Hydrometeorological Events in Communities of the Dry Corridor of Guatemala"
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July 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Internal displacement in the context of organized criminal activity - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons - Researching Internal Displacement
A new report by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, examines the phenomenon of internal displacement in the context of organised crimina...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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This 3rd and final volume in our series ‘Internal Displacement and (Re)Integration’ uses the case study of Ukraine to illustrate the evolution of the state’s approach to housing and property solutions for IDPs. Article link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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June 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Just out and available in English, Spanish and French, with the Arabic version available soon. Coordinated, researched and drafted by UNHCR's Martina Caterina and the RLI's Prof. David Cantor. Learn more here: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/rid_events/t...
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Drawing on a decade of empirical research, this 2nd volume in our series on ‘Internal Displacement and (Re)Integration’ sheds light on the informal pathways through which Congolese IDPs integrate socially in urban settings. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
June 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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New RID blog explores the environmental justice dimensions of urban reintegration for IDPs. It argues that reintegration policies must actively prevent secondary displacement by ensuring resettlement in safe, climate-resilient zones.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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The RLI is co-organising an event at the upcoming Subsidiary Body meeting of the #UNFCCC on 16 June: "Programmatic Approaches to Operationalize Climate Mobility Commitments in UNFCCC Decisions"

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#Climate #Migration #Displacement
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June 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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This new blog published by @rid-networks.bsky.social calls attention to the vital role of charitable and volunteer organizations, communities, and state and local authorities in addressing the basic needs of IDPs in Ukraine.
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Insightful article by RID editor highlights a lesser-known instance of forced displacement in the Kursk region – internally displaced Russians forced to flee due to the Aug '24 Ukrainian cross-border attack and occupation of Russian territory.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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New study looks at conflict-driven displacement in post-colonial States. Focusing on the case study of Kenya, it examines internal displacement from a historical and decolonial perspective, analysing the interplay of colonial legacies, ethnicity, political violence and land.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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RID is delighted to have just published this important 'think piece', which asks whether it is time to revisit and update the Guiding Principles as the central point of reference internationally for the standards governing the IDP response. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
May 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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New blog examines the gendered impacts of forced displacement in the Sahel region and calls for the adoption of gender-responsive policies anchored in human rights that prioritise women's participation in durable solutions.

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April 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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This is a great opportunity for candidates from these countries interested in pursuing a degree in our (the RLI's) highly acclaimed online MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies!
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Apply now for a full scholarship to the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies!!!

We are pleased to again be partnering with Commonwealth Scholarship Commission to offer 10 full scholarships for the October 2025 intake.

Learn more here:

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April 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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RID & RLI are pleased to publish this collection from our new series, which aims to engage researchers and practitioners with the profound questions on this topic. We welcome submissions!
You may download the collection here: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/wp-content/u...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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📢Calling potential authors! Our call for article proposals for our issue on #ClimateChange: choices for displaced people’ is now live!

Proposals due 8th May
Articles due 10th July
Publication in October 2025

See: www.fmreview.org/climate-change-cfa/

#Displacement #Refugees #IDPs
Photo caption: Tackling rising floodwaters in the village of Nhier, South Sudan. Credit: UNHCR Alt-text: A man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks towards the camera along a stone path cutting through floodwater. A woman in orange dress is a bit behind him and there are two children in a boat in the background. Some trees dot the flooded landscape, bright blue sky.
April 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Introducing a new L&D guiding framework and toolkit by FAO, this blog explores how, with inclusive adaptation and mitigation planning & action, loss & damage experienced in the climate change, rural livelihood and (im)mobility nexus can be reduced. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
April 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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🚨Coming 13 May: #GRID2025, the authoritative source for data & analysis on internal displacement.

The number of internally displaced people has been growing at an alarming pace. Lasting solutions have never been more urgent, and data to inform them never more valuable.

Stay tuned!
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April 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM