The Kampala Convention: a road map for action 2014, para. 38
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Paragraph text
Article 3 of the Kampala Convention recognizes the general obligation of States to refrain from, prohibit and prevent arbitrary displacement of populations, as well as the obligation to prevent some of the underlying causes of internal displacement, such as political, social, cultural and economic exclusion and marginalization, as well as to respect and protect the human rights of internally displaced persons and to respect international humanitarian law.
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
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/33, para. 38.