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SOLOMON ISLANDS LAW AND POLICY REPORT CONSULTATION DRAFT Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

• Dr. Joseph D. Foukona

USP, Emalus Campus Port Vila, Vanuatu

Today’s Presentation

• Context
• Approach
• Study
• Issues

1. Prevention of Displacement 2. Protection of Displacement 3. Durable Solutions

Context

Approach

• Desktop and database / literature review
• Stakeholder consultation:
• Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Disaster

Management and Meteorology

• Environment and Conservation Division
• National Disaster Management Office
• Climate Change Division
• Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey
• Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs
• NGO Groups
• IDPs (Koa Hill Community)

Study

What happened?

April 2014 Honiara flood

• 24 deaths; 500 families homeless;

12, 000 IDPs;

• Huge impacts on: local

infrastructure, housing, property, livelihood and economy of the country.

• Relocation of IDPs (approx. April

Ridge 36 ha)

Issues

• 1. Prevention of displacement

 Lack of proactive measures to prevent disaster displacement;  Disconnect between efforts to formalise tenure and disaster risk reduction measures;  Lack of clear linkage between policies addressing urban land issues and prevention of displacement strategies;  Implementation of NDRMP 2010 (now NDMP 2018) more response and relief oriented.

Issues

• 2. Protection of Displacement

 Inadequate coordination to address the protection needs of IDPs;  More emphasis on disaster relief than on specific needs and protection of IDPs;  No explicit requirement for government institutions to provide information to IDPs about their human rights;  No mechanisms for IDPs to raise complaints or concerns;  No control mechanism in place to ensure relief items target specific needs

• f IDPs;

 No explicit provision dealing with issues of distribution of relief and safety in evacuation centers.

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Issues

• 3. Durable Solutions

 Inadequate consultation with IDPs regarding their return to either their homes, a new relocation site or elsewhere;  Return and relocation strategy not durable because IDPs continue to have protection needs;  Consultation not adequately factored in to inform government’s policy design, planning and programs addressing durable solutions;  Repatriation and relocation was a one off process; No explicit provision under the existing law and policy framework for durable solution approaches.

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