Internally Displaced Persons in Nepal: More Issues, Less Heard

The main objective of this study is to carry out national level studies on existing legal frameworks, best practices and national plans that affect the aspects of the lives of Internally Displaced Persons.

In a post conflict scenario, voluntary-forced dichotomy of displacement is blurrily seen in the Nepalese context. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) do not want to term themselves as IDPs because they have been excluded from various policies and programmes of both government and non-government sectors. Nepal is also exposed to several types of natural and human-induced hazards. A wide variety of physiographic, geological, ecological and meteorological factors contribute to the high level of hazards faced. Disaster induced displacement has been observed for the past 5-6 years as a growing trend. In 2008 an estimated 180,000 people were displaced by floods.