A/HRC/41/40
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 April 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-first session
24 June–12 July 2019
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Internal displacement and the role of national human rights
institutions
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of internally displaced
persons
Summary
In her report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced
persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, examines the role of national human rights institutions
in the protection of the human rights of internally displaced persons. She considers
obstacles to their engagement on internal displacement as well as their activities and
positive practices at all phases of displacement, from prevention of the conditions leading
to internal displacement to their roles in responding when displacement occurs and in
processes to achieve durable solutions. Human rights violations are both a cause and a
consequence of internal displacement, and the risk of human rights violations is heightened
during displacement. Consequently, she highlights the critical role of national human rights
institutions and provides recommendations to ensure their effectiveness in protecting
human rights alongside and in collaboration with other national and international partners.
GE.19-06458(E)