The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 68
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The Committee on Economic and Social Rights has taken the view "that a minimum core obligation to ensure the satisfaction of, at the very least, minimum essential levels of each of the rights is incumbent upon every State party. Thus, for example, a State party in which any significant number of individuals is deprived of essential foodstuffs, of essential primary health care, of basic shelter and housing, or of the most basic forms of education is, prima facie, failing to discharge its obligations under the [International] Covenant [on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]". In other words, the core minimum requirements extend to the very goods and services that are the subject of humanitarian assistance.
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
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. 68.