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FMR 41 Education as an essential component of prevention of youth re-displacement

If education is seen as a factor that keeps refugees in camps or host communities rather than encouraging them to go back home, it should be systematically included as part of return to prevent re-displacement.

FMR 41 Post-conflict land insecurity threatens re-displacement in northern Uganda

For many in northern Uganda, access to land and property remains an unresolved issue that threatens peace and sustainable returns.

FMR 41 Preventing re-displacement through genuine reintegration in Burundi

Displacement is often part of a cyclical process of conflict and displacement. Preventing displacement, therefore, is not only about preventing new displacement but about ensuring that people do not get re-displaced.

FMR 41 The UN Security Council and prevention of displacement

Respecting the prohibitions against forced and arbitrary displacement could significantly reduce the risk of, or prevent, displacement in situations of armed conflict.

FMR 41 Undermining development: forced eviction in Bangladesh

The case of a proposed coalmine in Bangladesh clearly illustrates the potential for human rights violations in such projects, the need for stronger safeguard policies that uphold people's rights and prevent displacement, and the power of local protest.

FMR 41 Businesses' human rights responsibilities

Businesses have the responsibility to avoid infringements of human rights that could lead to displacement and also to take actions to remedy their human rights violations that might lead to displacement.

FMR 41 The ICRC approach in situations of pre-displacement

The ICRC prioritises the need to prevent displacement-triggering events when possible. Their experience highlights the complexity of the challenges and the central role of working in partnership to serve communities at risk.

FMR 41 Voluntariness to remaın

The 'choice' to remain rather than flee is often in effect not really voluntary.

FMR 41 Shelter interventions prevent and mitigate displacement

In hazard-prone developing countries, shelter interventions are an important way to prevent or mitigate natural disaster-induced displacement. To be effective, they need to be multi-faceted and carried out with the involvement of the communities affected.

FMR 41 Recognising the land rights of indigenous peoples and rural communities

Current global trends are putting increasing economic pressure on land and natural resources, raising the risk that new waves of internal displacement may be caused by the combined forces of climate change and large-scale investment in agriculture.

FMR 41 The management of climate displacement

Knowing that displacements will occur as a result of climate change, the humanitarian community will need to work pre-emptively with communities identified as likely to be threatened on the land-based solutions that may be available to them.

FMR 41 Flooding in Thailand: flee, fight or float

The severity of recent flooding in Thailand and the probability of future flooding have triggered a re-assessment of coping mechanisms employed by both the Thai population and the government.

FMR 41 Towards a uniform legal system of protection

There exists a set of inter-related normative texts for the protection of the environment and for the prevention and reduction of disasters, as well as for ensuring respect for human rights in all circumstances.

FMR 41 Predicting disasters and protecting rights

In order to prevent or reduce disaster-related displacement, we need to address some clear gaps in both knowledge and capacity by improving research on and awareness of disaster risks and associated human rights, and the capacity to address them.

FMR 41 Driving displacement: explosive weapons in populated areas

The issue of the role of explosive weapons in generating displacement in urban areas has recently risen up the international agenda.

FMR 41 The tool box at states' disposal to prevent displacement: a Swiss perspective

A harmful action that is looming and has not yet taken place is difficult for third-party states to denounce or counter. A whole range of measures and methodologies is at their disposal enabling them to contribute to the prevention of forced displacement.

FMR 41 To prevent or pursue displacement?

The repertoire of survival actions of at-risk civilians includes both avoiding and attempting displacement. But there are also overlaps, combinations and tacking back and forth between the two, while trying to mitigate the risks that any choice entails.

FMR 41 International Humanitarian Law: a short summary of relevant provisions

International Humanitarian Law: a short summary of relevant provisions in relation to the right not to be displaced.

FMR 41 The history and status of the right not to be displaced

The many existing fragments of law relating to arbitrary displacement have a common thread running through them, revealing a human right not to be displaced. The existence of such a right has not yet been recognised in any international legal instrument.

FMR 41 Preventing displacement

Displacement can be a means of escaping violence but it can also bring great suffering. Displacement is not inevitable, so what can we do to prevent it?

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