Norma on the Resettlement of Displaced Populations facilitate the resettlement and, where the conditions permit, the return of lDPs to their areas of origin, in an organized manner, in the respect to the will of the citizen, to regulate and define thoroughly the responsibilities and attributions of the Institutions intervening in the implementation of the resettlement and return process of lDPs, as well as the methodologies and the reference standards that should be used in this process. “Displaced Persons” are those persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their houses or their places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of the armed conflict, and who have not crossed internationally recognized State border, in accordance with the United Nations document E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, entitled ”Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.” If temporary resettlement occurs, this should not prejudice the right of lDPs to return voluntarily to their areas of origin when conditions are conducive and cannot undermine their right to choose to fix permanent residence in an area different than the one of his/her origin.
