Climate change and internal displacement 2011, para. 87

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A human rights-based approach should be used to inform and strengthen all actions, at the local, regional, national and international levels, to address climate change-related internal displacement. The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which are based on standards in international human rights law, humanitarian law and, by analogy, refugee law, provide a sound legal framework which States should implement at the national level through legislation, policies and institutions.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/285, para. 87.
Paragraph info
Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph number
87