JIPS’ Partner Event 2018: New Strategy & Key Achievements 2017
Together with the Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva, as well as the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS), we organised an event to tackle the topic of “Improving statistics on forced displacement” from two different perspectives. In this article we focus...JIPS’ Partner Event 2018: New Strategy & Key Achievements 2017
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics, Urban, IDP policy, Innovation, Capacity development
– Published 6.Feb.2018
JIPS' 2nd Mission to Honduras: Developing a Context-Specific, Protection-Sensitive Methodology
JIPS’ support is still strong in Honduras, with a second mission in November to assist the Inter-institutional Commission for the Protection of IDP’s (CIPPDV) for the further development of the 2017-2018 profiling exercise. The mission aimed to work with the Technical Working Group that leads the profiling exercise in-country, as...JIPS' 2nd Mission to Honduras: Developing a Context-Specific, Protection-Sensitive Methodology
Related Topics: Protection, IDP policy
– Published 6.Nov.2017
Evidence Towards a Legal Framework on IDPs: Initiating a 2nd Profiling Exercise
JIPS’ support to the Honduran Government to reach solutions for IDPs continues in 2017. Under the lead of the Interinstitutional Commission for the Protection of Persons Displaced by Violence – CIPPDV (acronym in Spanish), in collaboration with UNHCR, JIPS carried out a two-week mission to Honduras. The mission aimed to...Evidence Towards a Legal Framework on IDPs: Initiating a 2nd Profiling Exercise
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 11.Sep.2017
From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (2/4): From Little Data to Developing a Public Policy on IDPs in Honduras
In the case of Honduras, the profiling exercise proved to be a crucial step in the public policy formation process in response to internal displacement. Alongside presentations on the cases from Iraq and Somalia, Sandra Ponce, Counsellor at the Honduran Mission to the UN in Geneva, spoke at the recent...From JIPS' Partner Event 2017 (2/4): From Little Data to Developing a Public Policy on IDPs in Honduras
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 26.Feb.2017
2017-2019 Priorities of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs
The newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, gathered stakeholders together for a meeting in Geneva to discuss priorities for her next three years with the mandate. Joined by her predecessors, Dr Chaloka Beyani and Professor Walter Kälin, advice from past mandate...2017-2019 Priorities of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 25.Jan.2017
Addressing Mixed Migration: UNHCR's 2016 Update of its 10 Point Plan in Action
UNHCR published an update of their 10-point Plan in Action on refugee protection and mixed migration. The document demonstrates how different actors have made use of the previous Plan of Action that was first launched ten years ago. Compiling more than 120 practical examples and tools, it offers a framework...Addressing Mixed Migration: UNHCR's 2016 Update of its 10 Point Plan in Action
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 7.Dec.2016
Joint Analysis of Profiling Data & Preliminary Findings in Kosovo: Workshop in Pristina (Dec 2016)
A joint workshop was organised last week in Pristina, Kosovo to present and discuss the preliminary findings from profiling data generated on the displacement situation in Kosovo. JIPS together with Statistics Norway supported the working group with technical expertise. Collaborative process for agreed-upon data The profiling exercise in Kosovo aims...Joint Analysis of Profiling Data & Preliminary Findings in Kosovo: Workshop in Pristina (Dec 2016)
Related Topics: Durable solutions, Refugee & IDP statistics, IDP policy
– Published 5.Dec.2016
Afghan arrivals in Sweden: “This is Who We Are": Profiling of Unaccompanied & Separated Children
Why come to Sweden? Why leave homes and go on a perilous journey? The report “This is Who We Are” is the result of an in-depth survey on Afghan unaccompanied and separated children under 18 recently arrived in the country. The exercise was conducted by UNHCR with the support of...Afghan arrivals in Sweden: “This is Who We Are": Profiling of Unaccompanied & Separated Children
Related Topics: IDP policy
– Published 18.Nov.2016