A/RES/80/211
Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
situations, and the responsibilities of States, with the support of the international
community, to ensure the provision of protection and assistance, including by
respecting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all internally
displaced persons, with a view to finding durable solutions,
Recognizing the important contributions made by national and local authorities
and host communities to protect and assist internally displaced persons,
acknowledging that the hosting of large groups of internally displaced persons can
put pressure on those authorities and communities, and recognizing also the
importance of adequately supporting host communities, as well as local capacities, by
addressing their needs,
Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the
World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 5 regarding the need to develop
global strategies to address the problem of internal displacement, and recalling also
all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 78/205 of 19 December 2023 and
Human Rights Council resolution 59/12 of 7 July 2025, 6
Recognizing that internally displaced persons are to enjoy, in full equality and
without discrimination, the same rights and freedoms under international and
domestic law as do other persons in their country, including the right to freedom of
movement and residence, and should be protected against arbitrary displacement,
Recalling the relevant norms of international law, which includes international
human rights law, inter alia, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 7 as well as
international refugee law and international humanitarian law, including the Geneva
Conventions of 1949 8 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, 9 as applicable, as
a vital legal framework for the protection of and assistance to civilians in armed
conflict and under foreign occupation, including internally displaced persons,
Recognizing that internally displaced persons, including women, children, older
persons and persons with disabilities, without identity documents, may be at risk of
human rights violations and abuses, and may face difficulties in the realization of
their rights and in accessing services,
Recognizing also that the protection of internally displaced persons has been
strengthened by identifying, reaffirming and consolidating specific standards for their
protection, in particular through the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 10
Welcoming the increasing dissemination, promotion, application and integration
into domestic laws and policies of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
when dealing with situations of internal displacement,
Noting with appreciation the important role of national human rights
institutions, during all phases of displacement, in ensuring that all human rights issues
of internally displaced persons are appropriately addressed,
Deploring practices of forced displacement and their negative consequences for
the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by large groups of
populations, and recalling the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute of the
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5
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Eightieth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/80/53),
chap. VI, sect. A.
7
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.
8
Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
9
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
10
E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex.
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