UNHCR Engagement                     STOCKTAKING  
     with National Human Rights 
     Institutions for IDP Protection      EXERCISE
     Authored by: Stacey White for UNHCR
     February 2016
        TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
        Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................. 4
        Executive summary ................................................................................................................................ 6
        1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 8
            Scope ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
            Methodology ............................................................................................................................................... 11
        2. Background ..................................................................................................................................... 12
            UNHCR’s role in IDP protection ................................................................................................................12
            NHRIs role in IDP protection .....................................................................................................................13
        3. Case studies .................................................................................................................................... 16
            Afghanistan ................................................................................................................................................. 18
            Colombia ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
            Kenya ............................................................................................................................................................. 26
            Nigeria ........................................................................................................................................................... 32
            Philippines .................................................................................................................................................... 36
        Annex: Summary of case studies ..................................................................................................... 46
            Afghanistan ................................................................................................................................................. 46
            Colombia ...................................................................................................................................................... 47
            Kenya ............................................................................................................................................................. 48
            Nigeria ........................................................................................................................................................... 49
            Philippines .................................................................................................................................................... 50
        Bibliography .......................................................................................................................................... 51
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                ACRONYMS
                  AAN  Afghanistan Analysts Network                   HCT  Humanitarian country team
                  AGE  Anti-government entities (in                   ICC  International Coordinating 
                            the context of Afghanistan)                        Committee (of NHRIs)
                 AIHRC  Afghanistan Independent                      ICGLR  International Conference on 
                            Human Rights Commission                            the Great Lakes Region
                 ANDMA   National Authority on Disaster               ICRC  International Committee 
                            Management (Afghanistan)                           of the Red Cross
                  ANSF  Afghan National Security Forces              IDMC  Internal Displacement 
                                                                               Monitoring Centre
                 ARMM  Autonomous Region in Muslim 
                            Mindanao (Philippines)                    IDP  Internally displaced person
                  BBC  British Broadcasting Corporation               IIHL  International Institute of 
                                                                               Humanitarian Law
                  CAB  Comprehensive Agreement on 
                            the Bangsamoro (Philippines)              IMCC  Inter-Ministerial Coordination 
                                                                               Committee on Refugees, Returnees, 
                 CCCM  Camp Coordination and                                   and IDPs (Afghanistan)
                            Camp Management
                                                                      IOM  International Organization 
                  CHR  Commission on Human                                     for Migration
                            Rights (Philippines)
                                                                      ISAF  International Security 
                  DIP  Division of International                               Forces (Afghanistan)
                            Protection (UNHCR)
                                                                      ISIL  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
                 DSWD  Department of Social Welfare 
                            and Development (Philippines)            KNCHR  Kenya National Commission 
                                                                               on Human Rights
                  ELN  Ejército de Liberación Nacional, 
                            National Liberation Army (Colombia)      LEMA  Local Emergency Management 
                                                                               Agencies (Nigeria)
                  FARC  Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias 
                            de Colombia, Revolutionary                MILF  Moro Islamic Liberation 
                            Armed Forces of Colombia                           Front (Philippines)
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