25th Anniversary of the Guiding Principles in Internal Displacement
Channel: Global Protection Cluster GPC
Date: 20/04/2023

Agenda Highlights of the Online Global Event:

Keynote address by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Paula Gaviria.

Moderated panel discussion including Francis M Deng, the first Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons and under whose guidance the Guiding Principles were developed. Mr. Deng will be joined alongside his former Senior Adviser, Roberta Cohen.

Panelists will also include representatives of government, civil society, and internally displaced persons, as well as Cecilia Jimenez and Chaloka Beyani - both former Special Rapporteurs and members of the IDP Protection Expert Group.

Closing remarks by the Special Adviser to the UN SG on Solutions to Internal Displacement, Robert Piper.

Moderation by Sam Cheung, Global Protection Cluster Coordinator.