SRSG on children and armed conflict: Annual report 2010, para. 75
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Lastly, States, which bear the primary duty and responsibility for addressing internal displacement should abide by their obligations under international law and adhere to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. States should: safeguard populations on their territory from arbitrary displacement; protect and assist those who have been displaced; and support and facilitate voluntary, safe and dignified solutions to displacement, particularly those of their most vulnerable citizens – their children.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict