Centering Refugees in the Diplomatic Process

ID facilitates refugee participation in refugee policy decisions because successful solutions start with them.

In 2016, ID began advising refugee activists and groups on how to shape nascent international negotiations on refugee policy that were hitherto not consulting refugees. ID partnered with refugee leaders to secure not only a voice in those negotiations, but a formal seat at the negotiating table. ID then helped them move beyond inclusion to achieve major impact, including a provision in international law which mandates that refugees must be consulted in any international negotiations about refugee policy.