The Kampala Convention: a road map for action 2014, para. 47
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In its article 4 (6), the Convention calls upon States to ensure the individual responsibility for acts of arbitrary displacement perpetrated by State officials, as well as by non-State entities, including multinational companies or private security organizations. In particular, article 7 (4) of the Convention provides that States must hold members of armed groups criminally responsible for human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law.
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)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/33, para. 47.