The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 75
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In conflict situations, international humanitarian law sets out additional obligations to provide humanitarian assistance. Parties causing displacement in international or non-international conflict (for example, by clearing an area for military operations) must take all possible measures to ensure that evacuated civilians are provided with satisfactory conditions of shelter, hygiene, health, safety and nutrition. People living in occupied territories, wounded and sick persons, and children, also benefit from specific guarantees of humanitarian assistance. These international humanitarian norms do not eclipse, but rather complement human rights law, which continues to apply in situations of armed conflict and occupation. Both bodies of law are to be interpreted as reinforcing each other so as to provide the greatest possible scope of protection for the individual.
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
Children
Persons on the move
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/282, para. 75.