Room S8, Maison de la paix, Geneva
Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Moderator: Vincent Chetail, Director of the Global Migration Centre
The issue of internal displacement and the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide have been mainly characterised with a lack of international engagement and insufficient political attention in many countries. This, despite the fact that IDPs far outnumber refugees, and their protection and solutions to their human rights, humanitarian needs, and development and peace imperatives.
This academic event will explore these current issues and reflect ways forward to attain solutions.
Cecilia JIMENEZ-DAMARY (Philippines), LL.M. in Public International Law (King’s College London, UK); MDC in International Organizations-IOMBA programme (University of Geneva, Switzerland); LL.B. (Ateneo de Manila, Philippines); B.Sc. in Foreign Service (University of the Philippines). Cecilia Jimenez-Damary is a human rights and IHL lawyer specialised in forced displacement and migration. Ms. Jimenez-Damary has over three decades of experience in NGO human rights advocacy for the Asia-Pacific region and teaching experience as an adjunct professor of international human rights and humanitarian law. Ms. Jimenez-Damary previously acted as Senior Legal Adviser and Trainer with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Geneva; as the National Director of the IDP Project of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines; and as the government representative to the Philippine Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission for the Bangsamoro. Ms. Jimenez-Damary was appointed Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons by the Human Rights Council in September 2016 and assumed the mandate on 1 November 2016.