People born after a district’s occupation may receive IDP status

People born after the occupation of their district may be granted internally displaced person (IDP) status.

“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that amendments have been made to the “Rules on granting internally displaced persons (persons displaced within the country) the status of ‘internally displaced person’ and issuing a certificate confirming that status in the Republic of Azerbaijan.”

Under a decision by the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, applicants will be required to submit the following documents:

- Copies of their identity card and birth certificate, along with the originals;

- Copies of their mother’s identity card and marriage certificate, along with the originals;

- For applicants whose parents’ marriage has been dissolved, a divorce certificate; if the parents were not married, a certificate establishing paternity;

- A copy of their father’s identity card, along with the original;

- Their father’s “internally displaced person” certificate or a document issued by the head or deputy head of the executive authority of the district he was forced to leave as a result of the occupation, confirming his displacement;

- Two color photographs measuring 3x4 cm, with a white background.