Keywords
social norms
Uganda
Colombia
Internal displacement
norms
actors
implementation
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Abstract
This contribution is a result of a research within the framework of my doctoral thesis on the Ugandan and Colombian regulations on internal displacement in spring, respectively autumn/winter 2010/11, complemented by documents on further developments since then. The contribution aims at presenting contents and principles of the Ugandan idp Policy and reflects similarities and differences with the Colombian regulations on internal displacement. It is based on qualitative research, including critical review of documents and literature and semi-structured interviews with experts from national and local government administrations, ngos and international organizations, as well as informants, especially idps, traditional leaders and lower local government members. It is concluded that the Ugandan idp Policy represents a development-oriented, as opposed to Colombia s assistance-focused, framework for dealing with displacement that, however, is strongly premised on support by external actors, such as development donors, which so far did not materialize to the expected
extent. The focus on public infrastructure in the rehabilitation program for the affected region that did not support the needs of returning IDP s sufficiently indicates the necessity of a higher orientation on idps needs.
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