This technical report, adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2018, provides a stock-take of existing approaches to collecting statistics on internally displaced persons and related statistical quality issues. The report further provides preliminary recommendations towards developing a statistical framework on IDPs. The International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS), endorsed by the Statistical Commission in March 2020, build on this technical report.
Technical Report on Statistics of Internally Displaced Persons
Publication date: March, 2018
Author: Expert Group on Refugee, Internally Displaced Persons and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS)
