The primary duty of the State to provide humanitarian assistance and the corresponding rights of internally displaced persons 2010, para. 80
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According to this Principle, which reflects the position of the Security Council, the General Assembly and regional organizations, States must exercise their sovereign rights in good faith and in line with the responsibilities sovereignty entails, including the human rights obligation to ensure the provision of necessary humanitarian assistance. Similarly, according to customary international humanitarian law applicable in situations of international as well as non international armed conflicts, parties to a conflict "must allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in need, which is impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction, subject to their right of control".
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
Humanitarian
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. 80.