A Permanent Solution to Internal Displacement? An Assessment of the Van Action Plan for IDPs

  • On 29 September 2006, the Van Governorship in Turkey disclosed the “Van Province Action Plan for Service Delivery to Internally Displaced Persons” (the Van Action Plan or the Plan). Prepared with the technical support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and owned by the governorship, the Action Plan outlines the basic principles on which future services for internally displaced persons (IDPs) during their integration, resettlement or return processes will be based. Van was selected as a pilot province for the development of a plan of action as part of the cooperation between the Government of Turkey and the UNDP on the issue of displacement. This cooperation was initiated in the wake of the 2002 mission by Francis Deng, then Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons (RSG) in Turkey. This report is an assessment of the Van Action Plan, in the spirit of RSG Kälin’s call to the civil society. The report evaluates the effectiveness of the preparatory work undertaken by the UNDP and the governorship during the drafting of the Action Plan as well as the content and ongoing implementation of the Plan. It argues that The Action Plan does not address certain issues that pertain to national-level politics and policies concerning the Kurdish question, issues which have a direct bearing on the choices open to IDPs. Issues such as cessation of the armed conflict, abolishment of the provisional village guard system and the clearing of landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXOs), all of which would positively influence the safety of returns to original rural homes, are ignored in the Plan.
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Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Author(s):Dilek Kurban, Deniz Yukseker
Publication year:2009
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
Number pages:31
Related URL:http://www.tesev.org.tr/assets/publications/file/TESEV_VanActionPlanReport%2005%202009.pdf
Release Date:2015/10/29
Tag:Government policies on internal displacement
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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