According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)[1], sea-level rise is expected to threaten vital infrastructure and structures supporting the livelihood of many Pacific island communities. By the middle of the 21st century, climate change is expected to reduce…
Coral reef ecosystems are home to an estimated 1 million species and are among the most productive ecosystems on the planet. They are critical for food supply; over a billion people rely on reef-related fisheries worldwide. In addition, reef-related diving…
In terms of the impact of climate change, few places in the world will experience the range of effects and the severity of changes that will occur in Bangladesh. These global warming-induced changes will almost all have negative impacts on…
It is often people’s immediate community that provides the first, last and perhaps best tactical response for many people affected by or under threat of displacement. However one defines protection or community, external actors will struggle to provide appropriate support…
The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) asserts that sovereign states have a responsibility to protect their populations from genocide and other mass atrocities but that when they are unable or unwilling to do so, a responsibility of the broader community of…
With as many IDPs in Africa – 12 million – as in the rest of the world put together, African states have already shown leadership in the area of IDP protection. Signed in 2006, the Great Lakes Protocol on the…
Kenya has signed the Regional Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region[1] which includes legally binding IDP protection protocols based substantially on the Guiding Principles. Potentially, advocates could use the Pact to enhance efforts to assist…
Conflict between the Ugandan government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has displaced an estimated 1.8 million people. The government argued that it had to separate civilians from insurgents in order to reduce the LRA’s ability to recruit civilian collaborators.…
Principle 29(2) states that: “Competent authorities have the duty and responsibility to assist returned and/or resettled internally displaced persons to recover, to the extent possible, their property and possessions which they left behind or were dispossessed of upon their displacement. …
