WORKING PAPERS

ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

Our Working Papers on Internal Displacement series publishes original research on internal displacement and internally displaced persons.

The series provides an Open Access platform for publishing high-quality paper-length research by members of the networks hosted on the Researching Internal Displacement website as well as by other researchers on internal displacement.

Working Papers are prominently displayed as a resource for scholars and practitioners worldwide. Papers may be submitted in English, French, Spanish or Arabic. See the criteria for publication here.

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As a ‘one-stop shop’ for outputs from the networks hosted on the Researching Internal Displacement website, the series also reprints Working Papers published by those networks, including the IDRP Working Paper Series and GENIDA Working Papers.

For further information, and to submit a paper to the Working Papers on Internal Displacement, please contact the series Editor:

¿Vías paralelas? Los problemas para responder adecuadamente a los procesos de desplazamiento interno producto de la conjunción de situaciones de conflicto armado, violencia generalizada y desastres

RID Working Paper No. 8 (LANID Issue)

By Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez-Mojica

| December 1, 2021

El presente artículo de la LANID Special Issue analiza como la fragmentación del concepto de desplazamiento interno dificulta la capacidad de los estados para prevenir y atender adecuadamente el desplazamiento fruto de la interacción de situaciones de conflicto y desastre.

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Towards the Sustainable Integration of Internally Displaced Anglophones in the West Region of Cameroon

RID Working Paper No. 6

By Tindo Narcisse Saturnin Kaze

| November 24, 2021

This paper argues that a set of socio-cultural, economic and institutional factors explain the difficulties in effectively and sustainably reintegrating Anglophone internally displaced persons in Cameroon, before proceeding to propose solutions to the challenge of integration in this context

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Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons in Sudan and Somalia

RID Working Paper No. 7

By Samundra Acharya

| November 25, 2021

This paper analyses how durable solutions for IDPs are implemented in Sudan and Somalia from the perspective of security, Housing Land and Property rights, as well as policies and coordination structures. It further explores the challenges and different options for durable solutions in both countries.

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‘Better to be raped than to be killed’: A gendered analysis of internal displacement in Burkina Faso

RID Working Paper No. 5

By Josefine Brons

| November 17, 2021

Why a gendered analysis of internal displacement and conflict is crucial to understand the current humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso and to escape false dichotomies of pre-, post- and during conflict ruptures

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Secondary occupants in the Colombian land restitution process

RID Working Paper No. 4

By Aura Patricia Bolivar Jaime

| November 11, 2021

This article evaluates how Colombian law and policy for the restitution of lands to displaced persons deals with the issue of secondary occupants

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Los segundos ocupantes en el proceso de restitución de tierras colombiano

RID Working Paper No. 4

By Aura Patricia Bolivar Jaime

| November 11, 2021

Este artículo evalúa cómo el proceso colombiano de restitución de tierras a personas desplazadas aborda el tema de los segundos ocupantes

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What Works for IDPs? Mapping Good Practices on Internal Displacement Management in Europe and Central Asia Region

RID Working Paper No. 3

By Lidia Kuzemska

| November 9, 2021

A mapping exercise of good practices on internal displacement in Europe and Central Asia to inform researchers, policymakers and practitioners looking for examples of existing solutions

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Visual Footprints and Voices: Silence and Presence in the Media and Audiovisual Representation of Forced Displacement in Guerrero, Mexico

RID Working Paper No. 2

By Inés Giménez Delgado

| November 4, 2021

This paper (in Spanish) seeks to explore the treatment, limitations and potential of the use of sources and journalistic methods to document, report and analyze forced displacement in Guerrero, Mexico, a paradigmatic case of forced displacement as a strategy of war in the region of Latin America

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La huella visual y la voz: silencios y ruidos de la documentación mediática y audiovisual del desplazamiento forzado en Guerrero, México

RID Working Paper No. 2

By Inés Giménez Delgado

| November 4, 2021

Este artículo busca explorar el tratamiento, limitaciones y potencialidades del uso de la fuente y del método periodístico documentar, cubrir y analizar del desplazamiento forzado en Guerrero, México, como un caso paradigmático de desplazamiento forzado como estrategia de guerra en la región latinoamericana

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