Internal displacement in 2010: What are the major challenges? 2010, para. 84c

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[Millions of people are being newly internally displaced every year as a result of conflict and violence. Disasters displace even more people and the effects of climate change will exacerbate this trend. Development-induced displacement is also on the rise. With international attention focused on camps of internally displaced persons, many other displaced remain invisible, because they stay with host families, are dispersed in urban areas or their existence is officially denied. Some vulnerable groups within the displaced population are also regularly overlooked. Host families and communities are often heavily affected by displacement, but they are often neglected. The Representative urges member States and humanitarian and development actors to expand their scope of action and recommends that they:] Pay greater attention to internally displaced persons with multiple layers of vulnerability and discrimination, especially elderly persons and those with disabilities, women heads of households and their children, and displaced persons belonging to ethnic minorities or indigenous peoples.
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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)
  • Environment
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Humanitarian
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2010
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/13/21, para. 84c.
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Paragraph number
84c