A/HRC/19/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 December 2011
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Nineteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human
rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka
Beyani
Summary
This report, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 14/6,
provides an account of the activities of the mandate and the Special Rapporteur on the
human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, during the reporting period.
It also provides a thematic analysis of the particular situation of internally displaced
persons living outside of camps or compact settlements, and whose assistance and
protection needs are often neglected. The Special Rapporteur examines the various factors
responsible for this situation, the particular nature of displacement in urban contexts, the
role of host communities and local authorities, and offers recommendations for a more
effective, systematized and equitable response to internally displaced persons outside
camps, and the host communities assisting them.
GE.11-17597