A/70/334 documentation services may be required. During his follow-up visit to Côte d’Ivoire, the Special Rapporteur called for the rapid implementation of the law on the registration of births and deaths, which provides for fre e-of-charge registration. This law is crucial as many children, most of them internally displaced persons, were not registered in the period following the last national elections. In addition, some 80,000-120,000 civil records were destroyed during the crisis. 87. In many cases internally displaced persons have lost their documentation or are still registered in their former places of residence. This can have a detrimental impact and can contribute to further marginalize communities, ultimately impeding their free participation in public affairs. Overcoming this situation may require special measures to be implemented before return, local integration or resettlement. For instance, in a situation where large numbers of internally displaced persons have not returned, it may be necessary to carry out voter registration and education programmes at internally displaced persons sites or to set up special polling stations. The establishment of measures to allow internally displaced persons to vote is essential to protecting their right to political participation. Justice and reconciliation efforts 88. Effective and accessible mechanisms for justice and reconciliation should be established, with a legal mandate and the capacity to provide internally displaced persons with effective remedies for violations they may have suffered, including those committed by non-State as well as State actors. These should be geographically, culturally and economically sensitive, with simplified procedures to allow victims, regardless of their education, social status, gender and age, to pursue their claims. They should also be sensitive to specific obstacles that internally displaced persons can face, such as loss of documentation, trauma and fear of further victimization. To that end, the Special Rapporteur held joint sessions with the truth, justice and reconciliation commissions in Kenya and Côte d ’Ivoire to hear testimonies from internally displaced persons during his official missions in September 2011 and July 2012, respectively. 89. In situations of conflict-induced displacement, the challenges to achieving durable solutions may also include return and reintegration of internally displaced persons to former conflict areas and communities in which different ethnic or religious groups were in conflict. In Iraq, which he visited in May 2015, the Special Rapporteur noted that the return of some minority communities to their homes would require carefully managed and monitored processes of justice, reconciliation and rebuilding of trust between communities in the short, medium and long term, which could require specially trained units, police and other public officials to avoid problems and tensions. 90. States affected by displacement should establish effective legal framework to provide fair compensation or other forms of reparation, where appropriate, to internally displaced persons for damage incurred as a result of displacement, in accordance with international standards. In certain cases, truth and reconciliation commissions have been involved in displacement issues and linkages between such mechanisms and durable solutions can be made. The mechanisms can contribute to ensuring durable solutions, notably by acknowledging and embracing internally displaced persons’ narratives and experiences, fostering better relations between displaced populations and displacement-affected communities and making specific 15-12504 23/26