Climate change and internal displacement 2011, para. 53
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Much of the attention to date in the area of protection from displacement has focused on protecting individuals or communities from "arbitrary" displacement (Guiding Principle 6), resulting from active violations of human rights by the State or other actors, such as when displacement is used as a form of collective punishment or to effect policies of ethnic cleansing, or when large-scale development projects fail to meet set requirements.
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.
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Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
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Persons on the move
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/285, para. 53.