The International Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (IRIS) outline an internationally-agreed framework for countries and international organisations to improve the production, coordination, and dissemination of high-quality official statistics on internally displaced persons that are consistent over time and comparable between regions and countries.
The IRIS offers critical guidance on how to improve the quality and availability of official statistics on internally displaced persons. Namely, the document provides: standardised terminology and classifications; list of basic data tabulations and variables; assessment of relevant data sources and methods; statistical measurement of progress towards solutions and of determining when a person has overcome key displacement-related vulnerabilities; recommendations to improve coordination as well as quality, including the relevance of legal frameworks and capacity building.
