High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement

The High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, established by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in 2019, submitted its official report in September 2021, which led to the release of the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement in June 2022. The action plan focuses on three main goals, which are to help IDPs find a durable solution to their displacement, better prevent new displacement crises from emerging, and ensure effective protection and assistance for those facing displacement.

Click on the link below to read more on the Action Agenda Explainer.

As of February 2022, this collective feedback from InterAction and ICVA members provides targeted considerations on the UN Secretary-General Draft Action Agenda on Internal Displacement.

Notes of different meetings of the High Level Panel on internal displacement and NGOs.

Faced with many challenges linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Panel’s work has been largely disrupted since March 2020. In this context, coordinated by ICVA and InterAction, 31 NGOs signed a letter to the UN Secretary-General supporting the extension of the Panel’s timeframe so that it can complete its work adequately. Dated 4 August 2020, the letter calls for the extension.

ICVA has worked to keep its members closely informed of the developments leading to the launching of a High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement and stepped in to ensure the Panel, its Secretariat and the Expert Advisory Group benefit from inputs from NGOs and civil society at large.

Below are NGO statements, coordinated by ICVA, on the High Level Panel on Internal Displacement: