Internally Displaced Persons definition

Internally Displaced Persons means persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border;
Internally Displaced Persons. (IDPs) means persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual
Internally Displaced Persons or “IDPs” means persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.

Examples of Internally Displaced Persons in a sentence

  • Approximately 46% live in cities, including 75% of 2.9 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).


More Definitions of Internally Displaced Persons

Internally Displaced Persons also means persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of large scale development projects, or lack of development and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.

Related to Internally Displaced Persons

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