internally displaced person

Definition(s)

A person or groups of persons who has been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalised violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognised State border.

Source(s)

Art. 2 of UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 1998

Translations

BG: вътрешно разселено лице
CS: vnitřně vysídlená osoba
DE: Binnenvertriebener
EL: εσωτερικώς εκτοπισθείς
EN: internally displaced person
ES: población desplazada internamente
ET: riigisiseselt ümberasustatud isik / riigisisene põgenik
FI: maan sisällä siirtymään joutunut henkilö / maan sisäinen pakolainen
FR: personne déplacée à l’intérieur de son propre pays
GA: duine easáitithe de thír
HU: belső menekült
IT: sfollato interno
LT: viduje perkeltasis asmuo
LV: iekšzemē pārvietota persona
MT: Persuna sfollata internament / f’pajjiżha stess
NL: in eigen land ontheemd persoon
PL: osoba przesiedlona wewnętrznie
PT: deslocado interno
RO: persoană strămutată intern
SK: vnútorne vysídlená osoba
SL: notranje razseljena oseba (NRO)
SV: internflykting
NO: internt fordrevet person (b); internt fordriven person (n)

Synonym(s)

Broader Term(s)

displaced person

Related Term(s)

Note(s)

For more information, see the website of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) .