The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 69
Paragraph- Paragraph text
- In order to fulfil these obligations, the State must take the necessary measures "individually and through international assistance and cooperation […] to the maximum of its available resources". A State is deemed to have violated the right to an adequate standard of living, to health and to education, if authorities knew or should have known about the humanitarian needs but failed to take measures to satisfy, at the very least, the most basic standards imposed by these rights. State obligations thus include the responsibility to follow up on these situations of concern and assess relevant needs in good faith, and ensure that humanitarian needs are being met, by the State itself or through available assistance by national or international humanitarian agencies and organizations, to the fullest extent possible under the circumstances and with the least possible delay. The Representative considers that, in situations of internal displacement, requests for humanitarian assistance create a prima facie case that such assistance is needed, which is to be followed by impartial and participatory assessments to determine the nature and extent of the needs.
- 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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- 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. 69.
- Paragraph number
- 69
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