Conference on Internally Displaced People: Shifting Power and Advancing Protection

Please mark your calendars for an in-depth event on the protection of internally displaced people (IDPs). 

Commemorating the anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, please join Refugees International, Georgetown University, UNHCR, Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, ODI Global and IDP leaders for a series of panels and a keynote address on internal displacement, focusing on ongoing protection needs, challenges and opportunities, and the shifting landscape of solutions. 

Above all, the event will consider how to shift power to IDPs themselves. Panels will feature IDP leaders and consider how IDP-led groups can drive decisions and programs that affect their communities. This is more timely than ever: IDP numbers continue to rise and both protracted and new crises remain woefully underfunded and, in some cases, largely ignored by the wider international community. As the Office of the Special Adviser completes its work in 2024, now is also the time to carry forward a bold agenda to improve responses to internal displacement.

Save the Date

April 14, 2025
8:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET
Online on Zoom & In-person at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Hosts: Refugees International, Georgetown University, UNHCR, Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, ODI Global