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The High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement was established by the UN Secretary-General to identify concrete recommendations on how to better prevent, respond and achieve solutions to the global internal displacement crisis.
Panel Members
The Panel officially began its work in February 2020, with the support of an Expert Advisory Group and a Secretariat.
Click here to learn more about each Panel member.
Federica Mogherini
(Co-chair)
Rector of the College of Europe
Former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
Donald Kaberuka
(Co-chair)
Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Former Finance Minister of Rwanda and 7th President of the African Development Bank
Per Heggenes
CEO of the IKEA Foundation
Nasser Judeh
Senator, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Paula Gaviria
Director of Fundación Compaz
Former Head of the Victim’s Unit in Colombia and former Advisor to the President of Colombia on Human Rights
Mitiku Kassa Gutile
Commissioner for the National Disaster Risk Management Commission of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Pauline Riak
Professor of Sociology and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, the Rumbek University of Science and Technology and Chair, Sudd Institute, South Sudan
Sima Samar
Member of the UN Secretary- General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation
Former Special Envoy of the President and former Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
"Around the world, millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are trapped in situations of protracted displacement."
-Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
Panel Process
Throughout its process, the Panel has benefited from the input of stakeholders in the form of written submissions, consultations and discussions, targeted research and more.
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"The world needs to go beyond addressing internal displacement as only a humanitarian crisis."
-Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
The Panel has heard the voices of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities, States, UN agencies, NGOs, Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Financial Institutions, regional organizations, the private sector, academic researchers and others.
Here are some of the consultations:
Recommendations
The Panel has submitted its report to the UN Secretary-General on 29 September 2021 with recommendations to States, the international community, civil society and the private sector.
Make solutions a nationally owned, whole-of-government priority
Political will is key and should be catalysed
Ensure the whole of society is invested
Make better use of the capacities of the private sector for solutions
Make the UN fit for purpose and accountable for solutions
Harness international financing for solutions
Strengthen the effective use of internal displacement data
Address the drivers of displacement and reduce displacement risks
Strengthen the quality of protection and assistance to IDPs and host communities
Sustain momentum and ensure robust follow-up
Views of Panel Members
"Nations have to own this matter because IDPs are after all citizens of the country who have the same rights and entitlements as other citizens."
– Donald Kaberuka, Panel Co-chair
"It is critical for States and other actors to implement measures that allow IDPs to participate in public affairs as citizens."
– Paula Gaviria, Panel member
"Prevention is the most cost-effective way to save lives.“
– Mitiku Kassa Gutile, Panel member
"We need to leverage the private sector to invest in their community and provide job opportunities for everyone - the host community and IDPs."
– Per Heggenes, Panel member
"National ownership means more than just government ownership. It means the whole of society, civil society, the media, the private sector, other organizations."
– Nasser Judeh, Panel member
"We need to break the culture of impunity for violations of International Humanitarian Law and promote accountability.”
– Sima Samar, Panel member
"Leaders of the world must make a conscious U-turn in the opposite direction if changes are to take place in the trend of internal displacement by 2030 and beyond.”
– Pauline Riak, Panel member
Communications Materials
Press release:
High-Level Panel: Maintaining the status quo not an option for millions trapped in displacement
29 September 2021, New York – The United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement today released its much-anticipated report, which advocates for nationally owned solutions for more than 55 million people displaced within their own countries.
Opinion: Internal displacement remains an invisible crisis in plain sight
By Panel Co-Chairs Federica Mogherini and Donald Kaberuka
Originally published on Thomson Reuters Foundation
Republished on World Economic Forum
Photos used in social media and communications materials were taken by:
OCHA/Giles Clarke
OCHA/Ivo Brandau
OCHA/Nicole Lawrence
UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira
UNHCR/Ruben Salgado Escudero
UNHCR/Oksana Parafeniuk
Photo: UNHCR/Ruben Salgado Escudero
"Now more than ever before is when action is needed to bring about meaningful change."
-Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement