Special issue - Ten Years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

published December 2008

Contents

From the Editors

Foreword
John Holmes

The genesis and the challenges
Roberta Cohen and Francis M Deng

Achievements, challenges and recommendations
Summary of outcomes of the GP10 Conference

Developments in the legal protection of IDPs
Cordula Droege

Assessing the impact of the Principles: an unfinished task
Elizabeth Ferris

The Guiding Principles and the Responsibility to Protect
Erin Mooney

Achievements and limitations of the Guiding Principles in Burma
Thailand Burma Border Consortium

Protecting IDPs in Europe
Corien Jonker

Experience of the Guiding Principles in Georgia
Iulia Kharashvili, Ilya Kharashvili and Koba Subeliani

Africa: from voluntary principles to binding standards
Brigitta Jaksa and Jeremy Smith

Can the Guiding Principles make a difference in Kenya?
Jacqueline Klopp and Nuur Mohamud Sheekh

Uganda’s response to displacement: contrasting policy and practice
Ruth Mukwana and Katinka Ridderbos

Guiding Principle 29 and the right to restitution
Rhodri C Williams

Obstacles to realising Guiding Principle 29 in Afghanistan
Megan Bradley

Seeking electoral equality for IDP voters
Jeremy Grace and Jeff Fischer

Time to apply the Guiding Principles in Nepal
Shiva K Dhungana

Returnees in Sierra Leone
Claudena Skran

Guiding Principle 27 and Philippine typhoon response
Sara McHattie

Internal displacement in the Central African Republic
Laura Perez

UNHCR and the Guiding Principles
Khassim Diagne and Hannah Entwisle

Training to strengthen protection of IDP rights
Kim Mancini Beck

The future of the Guiding Principles
Walter Kälin

Sources and resources