Researcher Brookigns Bern Project on Internal Displacement
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Rhodri C. Williams is a consultant and researcher on human rights and forced displacement issues. He worked on restitution issues with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia from 2000-2004, and has since focused on human rights in displacement settings with the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, as well as on minority protection as a guest researcher at the Åland Islands Peace Institute.
Introduction to Iraq's Refugees and IDP Crisis: Human Toll and Implications
Originally posted July 2008
In the comparatively short time since the establishment of the Iraqi state in 1920, the country has experienced successive waves of forced migration. Yet the magnitude of the forced displacement of Iraqis from their homes since 2003 is unprecedented. In addition to the still dire humanitarian situation are the potentially far-reaching negative implications of the refugee/IDP crisis for the future of Iraq and the Middle East as a whole.
