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internally displaced person

Term · Defense and military · MLC-T-DEF-000857

Any person who has been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their home or places of habitual residence, in particular, as a result of or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who has not crossed an internationally recognized state border.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-DEF-000857
FieldDefense and military
AbbreviationIDP
ReferencesJP 3-29
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-000857",
  "term": "internally displaced person",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "Any person who has been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their home or places of habitual residence, in particular, as a result of or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who has not crossed an internationally recognized state border.",
  "abbreviation": "IDP",
  "references": [
    "JP 3-29"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/internally-displaced-person/"
}

Record 857 of 1,781 in Defense and military terminology (MLC-0115). Request the full dataset.