Governance structures for internal displacement 2015, para. 56
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States that have ratified the Kampala Convention are explicitly required, under article 3, to designate an authority or body, where needed, responsible for coordinating activities aimed at protecting and assisting internally displaced persons and assign responsibilities to appropriate organs for protection and assistance, and for cooperating with relevant international organizations or agencies, and civil society organizations, where no such authority or body exists.
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
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/334, para. 56.