A new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says the number of people displaced in Africa has tripled to 35 million. Of these, 32.5 million abandoned their homes due to conflict ...

According to the 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement, at least 6.6 million people worldwide were displaced by weather-related disasters by the end of 2023. However, many were displaced ...

This is a summary of what was said by Ivo Freijsen, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. BEIRUT – ...

But after more than a year of bombardment and displacement, a small but influential group, now with support from some far-right members of the Israeli government, have their sights set on once ...

Good morning Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Welcome. Today, we gather to address a crisis that is as urgent as it is complex: climate-induced displacement. Our session revolves around a pressing ...

Step in and stand up for the law The intentional forced displacement of a civilian population in an occupied territory is a war crime. Nowhere is this organised, deliberate displacement clearer ...

Israeli authorities have caused massive and deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, in what amounts to a war crime, a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found. The ...

Under the laws of war, the forced displacement of any civilians inside an occupied territory is prohibited, unless it is necessary for their security or for an imperative military reason.