"Understanding the specific protection needs of forcibly displaced populations is an essential aspect of a protection and human rights-oriented development approach."

79.5 million people are displaced as a result of persecution, violence or human rights violations. Around 85% of the forcibly displaced are living in developing countries, often in the most fragile parts, including conflict-affected border areas. Understanding the specific protection needs of displaced populations is a prerequisite to leave no-one-behind in the development response and to mitigate and address the causes and consequences of conflict and vulnerability, including discrimination and inequality. Ensuring effective development and peacebuilding approaches in FCV settings inevitably means including protection considerations for the forcibly displaced and their hosts in the development response.

This training aims to exchange and enhance knowledge amongst practitioners on how best to include displaced populations in the development response, while taking into account international law and standards for the protection of refugees. The session provides a basic overview of refugee protection in law and practice, and the role of UNHCR, highlighting the most important concepts and issues to integrate and consider when designing and implementing projects and programmes for peace and development.

This session is part of the Fragility Forum 2020 Virtual Series.