The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 72
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The duty to ensure humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons is also recognized in the Kampala Convention, which requires States to provide them "to the fullest extent practicable and with the least possible delay, with adequate humanitarian assistance, which shall include food, water, shelter, medical care and other health services, sanitation, education, and any other necessary social services, and where appropriate, extend such assistance to local and host communities".
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)
Humanitarian
Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/282, para. 72.