The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 61
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- At times, domestic authorities and other actors may wish to ensure assistance to their own constituencies, while "punishing" or neglecting others, such as populations perceived as being associated with political or military opponents or religious or ethnic minorities. In Nepal, only those displaced by the Maoists could register as internally displaced persons during the internal armed conflict (see E/CN.4/2006/71/Add.2, para. 22). In Colombia, the Representative received allegations that internally displaced persons registering for State assistance were often expected to attribute their displacement to insurgents (see A/HRC/4/38/Add.3, para. 31). In other contexts, humanitarian assistance is subject to conditions that are equally motivated by political aims but are not related to the characteristics of the populations in need. This was the case when, following the August 2008 conflict in the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, no United Nations humanitarian actors had access to the area because the parties to the conflict sought to underline their respective claims to the territory by blocking the humanitarian access routes allowed by the respective opposing side.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/282, para. 61.
- Paragraph number
- 61
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