Internal displacement in 2010: What are the major challenges? 2010, para. 55
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Persons with multiple vulnerabilities and needs are often overlooked, especially where no authority or humanitarian organization is specifically mandated to protect them. The Representative found that the elderly, persons with disabilities and members of indigenous peoples, who often face particular problems in adapting to new environments, are regularly neglected in displacement situations.
Legal status
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Ethnic minorities
Persons on the move
Persons with disabilities
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/13/21, para. 55.