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84.
Forced Migration Review: The FMR dedicated its 59th edition in October 2018 to
the commemoration of the Guiding Principles. Available in four languages and with a
Foreword by the Special Rapporteur, the edition published 19 articles assessing progress and
challenges to the implementation of the Guiding Principles.
85.
To mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Guiding Principles, the School of
Transitional Governance at the European University Institute, with the assistance of IDMC,
brought together a number of policy makers and scholars for a High Level Policy Dialogue
on Internal Displacement in February 2019. University of XXX (?) (please ask Martina who
went for the mandate) convened an expert meeting on the Guiding Principles in Turin (?) in
(month) which saw the participation of IDP experts worldwide.
86.
National Human Rights Institutions and prevention of the risk of internal
displacement: On 4 March, the Special Rapporteur together with the Global Alliance of
National Human Rights Institutions, UNHCR and OHCHR jointly convened a workshop on
The role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in preventing conditions leading to
internal displacement, attended by around 40 participants. The workshop gathered good
practices and concrete examples from NHRIs covering all regions, including Honduras and
Kenya which presented their work on preventing conditions leading to internal displacement
and minimising the impact of displacement. Participants also exchanged experiences on early
warning mechanisms on internal displacement and good examples from Colombia, Kenya
and Philippines were highlighted among others.
87.
Expert Meeting: Improving the protection of internally displaced children: In
preparation for the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs’ next thematic report
to the UN General Assembly in October 2019 on protection of internally displaced children,
the Special Rapporteur together with the Global Protection Cluster jointly organized an
expert meeting on 6 March 2019 in Geneva. The expert meeting on Improving protection of
internally displaced children offered a platform for open dialogue among child rights experts
and practitioners on what they considered priority and neglected issues requiring urgent
attention.
88.
Development cooperation on internal displacement: Marking the 20th anniversary,
the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) invited
experts and policy-makers, including the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, to
a workshop in October 2018 entitled Internal displacement/internally displaced persons Responses of development cooperation to an invisible crisis. The report issued in March 2019
called for participation of IDPs in projects, strengthened accountability to IDPs and the local
population, economic prospects for IDPs, and continued attention to protracted displacement
situations. The Special Rapporteur highlighted how the GP20 Plan of Action provides the
framework and impetus for the implementation of the Guiding Principles.
89.
Global Compacts and Internal Displacement: On 12 March 2019, the Special
Rapporteur participated in the 16th Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development
Conference dedicated to the theme of "People on the Move: causes, consequences and way
forward" as a keynote speaker on the panel: “The Global Compacts on Refugees and
Migration; how will they help?”. She highlighted those aspects of the Compacts that are
extremely relevant for and applicable to situations of internal displacement, particularly in
relation to efforts aimed to address root causes and promote durable solutions to forced
displacement. Moreover, she explained how national, regional and global efforts to
implement the GP20 Plan of Action on the prevention, protection and solutions for IDPs
complement the focus on refugees and migrants of the Compacts.
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