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Guide to Benefits for IDPs
USIP partnered with an Iraqi civil society organization to produce a guide for Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration officials outlining the benefits and services the ministry is required to provide to displaced persons. Download the guide in English.
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With more than 4 million Iraqis displaced from their homes, ROL is researching the nature and scope of current and potential property claims in Iraq and the measures needed to address them. This effort is undertaken in conjunction with ROL's broader project to develop guidance and tools for the resolution of property disputes in post-conflict environments.
Potential legal and institutional solutions have been debated at two USIP-organized conferences with key Iraqi and international policymakers, experts on the problem of internally displaced persons and the property situation in Iraq, and specialists on property claims processes in a comparative perspective.
The first conference, conducted in Amman, Jordan in July 2009, provided an opportunity for Iraqi governmental and non-governmental officials to develop solutions for managing the array of property and land issues that arise from post-2003 displacement and to engage with international experts to explore approaches taken by other countries in similar circumstances. A second conference in November 2009 was jointly organized by USIP, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees, and the Iraqi Ministry for Displacement and Migration in Baghdad and focused on helping government officials better implement policies developed by the Iraqi government after the July conference.
See ROL’s other projects in Iraq on constitutional development, judicial independence, and transitional justice.
Of Related Interest
- Coming Home: The Challenge of Return for Iraq’s Displaced Public Event December 2008, (audio available 01:23:46-15.4MB)
- Land, Property, and the Challenge of Return for Iraq’s Displaced Special Report No. 221, April 2009