Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (2019), para. 16
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6. Expresses deep concern at the persistent problems of the large number of internally displaced persons worldwide, in particular the risk of extreme poverty and socioeconomic exclusion, their limited access to humanitarian assistance and long-term development efforts and assistance, their vulnerability to violations of international law, in particular human rights law and international humanitarian law, the vulnerability of internally displaced persons, in particular women and girls, to sexual and gender-based violence, and difficulties resulting from their specific situation, such as lack of protection, food, shelter, access to justice, access to health-care services and psychosocial support, access to education, disruption to family links and loss of essential documents, which may result in a violation of their human rights, and issues pertinent to their reintegration, including obstacles to the exercise of housing, land and property rights;