NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL BE BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON. CUID holders have the option to join in person. Everyone can join the conversation online. Register to select the option best for you.
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Internal displacement has long been an urban phenomenon, with an estimated 60% of internally displaced persons (IDPs) now living in cities. While urban areas may offer safety, services and opportunity, they also expose displaced populations to heightened risks to the enjoyment of their human rights such as legal invisibility, inadequate housing, discrimination, and exclusion from public life.
Hosted by the Columbia University Committee on Forced Migration, a Columbia Global initiative, this event will examine the (re)integration of IDPs in urban environments through the lens of rights, realities, and pathways forward.
Event details:
Welcome Remarks: Wafaa El-Sadr, Executive Vice President, Columbia Global
Presentation: Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, presents key findings from her latest report to the UN General Assembly on (re)integration of IDPs in urban settings.
Panel Discussion: Following the presentation, a discussion will explore the intangible dimensions of (re)integration in cities — mental health, identity, belonging, justice, peacebuilding — and their role in durable solutions. The debate will also focus on the role of locally led and rights-based approaches to (re)integration implemented by local authorities, civil society and international partners.
Panelists:
- Daniel Naujoks, SIPA Professor & Coordinator, Committee on Forced Migration, Columbia Global (Moderator)
- Sivanka Dhanapala, Director, UNHCR New York Office
- Fernando Travesi, Executive Director of the International Center for Transitional Justice
- Caitlin Sturridge, Senior Research Fellow Displacement, ODI Global (remotely from Nairobi)
- TBD, UNDP
The Columbia University Committee on Forced Migration is a University-wide initiative coordinated by Professor Daniel Naujoks.
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Date: Oct. 22
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Time: 12 PM-1:30 PM EST
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In Person Location: Buell Hall East Gallery, Columbia University, 515 West 116th Street
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Online Link: Will be sent to those who registered.
