The return process of refugees and internally displaced persons in a post conflict context

The present document proposes the study of forced migration in the context of internal armed conflict and war- peace transition phases. Throughout this study, the population of refugees and internally displaced persons (hereinafter IDP) will be unified under the category of forced migrants, as both share the same necessities once they have been uprooted from their homes, and thus becomes unnecessary to divide them into separate categories. This essay will focus mainly on the durable solutions presented by UNHCR, engaging mainly in the return process of forced migrants, as it is through the return of such population that a sustainable peace will be achieved in a post conflict stage. The essay will be divided in six main chapters: (i) introduction (ii) refugees and internally displaced persons (iii) forced migration in an armed conflict (iv) refugees and internally displaced persons in a post- conflict scenario (v) case study: Colombia (vi) policy recommendations.