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Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 39 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The synthesis report recognizes increasingly negative displacement trends. In the section on "dignity" it states that no society can reach its full potential if whole segments of that society are excluded from participating in, contributing to, and benefiting from development. It notes that the agenda "must not exclude migrants, refugees, displaced persons, or persons affected by conflict and occupation". The chapter entitled "A synthesis" states that particular attention should be given to countries in situations of fragility and conflict and the specific conditions of each country should be addressed. There is a consistent call to "leave no one behind" and ensure equality, non-discrimination, equity and inclusion. The report states: "We must pay special attention to the people, groups and countries most in need. We need to include the poor, children, adolescents, youth and the aged, as well as the unemployed, rural populations, slum dwellers, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, migrants, refugees and displaced persons, vulnerable groups and minorities. These also include those affected by climate change." | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Internal displacement in 2010: What are the major challenges? 2010, para. 84c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [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. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2010 | ||
Achieving durable solutions for internally displaced persons in urban settings 2014, para. 59 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In some cases, such as in Colombia, there are hundreds of associations of internally displaced persons, representing various communities of origin, women's groups or indigenous groups, among others. The Government has set up a consultative process with those associations that reaches out to such groups. The Government of Georgia has also engaged in widespread consultations with internally displaced persons (see A/HRC/26/33/Add.1). While not flawless, such processes represent a meaningful effort by Governments to consult internally displaced persons. Consultations can affect the attitude of the Government towards such persons, as was the case in Afghanistan. For example, until 2013, the authorities had not considered internally displaced persons to be permanent citizens of Herat, but, following the consultations, the political elites of the city now acknowledge the permanent settlement of those persons in the city. In a major breakthrough, the Government is now considering upgrading and regularizing the Maslakh settlement. Measures aimed at achieving durable solutions for internally displaced persons can therefore yield positive results when internally displaced persons are treated not as objects, but as active participants in the search for, and implementation of, durable solutions. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2014 | ||
Internal displacement in 2010: What are the major challenges? 2010, para. 55 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Persons with multiple vulnerabilities and needs are often overlooked, especially where no authority or humanitarian organization is specifically mandated to protect them. The Representative found that the elderly, persons with disabilities and members of indigenous peoples, who often face particular problems in adapting to new environments, are regularly neglected in displacement situations. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2010 | ||
Progress and challenges relating to the human rights of IDPs 2016, para. 99 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | National authorities should collect and share data on all causes of displacement in their country, including generalized and criminal violence and hate-based crimes, development and business activities. Equality and anti-discrimination laws and legal protection of minorities, indigenous peoples and other potentially vulnerable groups should be in place and include provisions relating to the prohibition of unlawful displacement. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Roadmap for the next three years: thematic priorities of the new mandate-holder 2017, para. 66 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Other factors also require greater attention, including the role of discrimination on ethnic or religious grounds as a cause of displacement and a factor affecting the responses provided to some internally displaced persons. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur participated as an expert panellist in the ninth Forum on Minority Issues, the theme for which was minorities in situations of humanitarian crises, held in Geneva on 24 and 25 November 2016. She emphasized that ethnic or religious identity could be a factor increasing the vulnerability of some communities to displacement, and she contributed to a series of recommendations. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2017 | ||
Progress and challenges relating to the human rights of IDPs 2016, para. 80 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The Special Rapporteur has been struck by the vulnerability of indigenous peoples to internal displacement, including during his official visit to the Philippines, following which he highlighted the impact of displacement or threatened displacement on them. Indigenous peoples are severely affected by displacement given their ties to ancestral lands and may have more challenges in adopting coping mechanism for survival when displaced. The protection of the rights of indigenous peoples displaced or threatened by displacement must be strengthened in law and practice. Legal provisions on land rights and the rights of indigenous peoples should be fully implemented and specific provisions on the rights of indigenous peoples should be included in laws on internally displaced persons where appropriate. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Progress and challenges relating to the human rights of IDPs 2016, para. 76 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | In some situations, internal displacement disproportionately affects certain communities that, due to their characteristics, geographical location, poverty, discrimination or other unique circumstances, make them particularly vulnerable to internal displacement. Such groups may include indigenous peoples and ethnic, religious or other minorities, who are frequently numerically few relative to majority communities, among the poorest, and who may experience different forms of marginalization and commonly lack representation in political or other State bodies. In some cases they may face long-standing discrimination and violence targeted against them. Such population groups are often overrepresented in internally displaced person populations. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Progress and challenges relating to the human rights of IDPs 2016, para. 72 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | It is essential to establish national legal and policy frameworks relating to development, land and non-State actors that intersect with and complement legal provisions relating to internal displacement and the rights of internally displaced persons, and conform to international standards. For example, the International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) relates to the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples and incorporates the right to free, prior and informed consent for indigenous peoples. Articles 6, 7 and 9 of the Convention establish that consent must be acquired before indigenous communities are relocated or before development is undertaken on their land. Where displacement is approved or agreed to following an appropriate and rigorous consultation and participatory process, internally displaced persons must be provided with appropriate compensation, support and durable solutions in line with international standards. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Progress and challenges relating to the human rights of IDPs 2016, para. 71 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Development and business-related activities can create or exacerbate complex displacement scenarios. The rights of some communities, including indigenous or minority communities, such as their rights to the land on which their identity rests, can prove inconvenient in the face of development or economic interests. Militarization of areas allocated for resource development has been evident, with some companies using private military or security companies to enforce their encroachment onto some territories. Tactics to divide communities or bypass and undermine local leadership structures have been employed and may involve corrupt practices or payments that lead to breakdown of the social fabric of communities. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Progress and challenges relating to the human rights of IDPs 2016, para. 69 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Under Principle 6 of the General Guiding Principles, the prohibition of arbitrary displacement includes displacement caused by "cases of large-scale development projects, which are not justified by compelling and overriding public interests". As in all cases of international human rights law, such justification would be subject to proportionality and a pressing social need. In addition, under Principle 9 of the General Guiding Principles, there is a particular international obligation for States to protect against the displacement of indigenous peoples, minorities, peasants, pastoralists and other groups with a special dependency on and attachment to their lands. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Outcomes and commitments on internal displacement of the World Humanitarian Summit 2016, para. 42 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | It is frequently some of the most marginalized and most vulnerable in societies, including national, ethnic or religious minorities, or indigenous peoples, who are at risk of displacement. Conflict or disaster may create a downwards spiral of vulnerability in which already marginalized populations face displacement which exacerbates their vulnerability and places them into highly perilous situations of insecurity and extreme poverty, usually driving them to informal settlements in urban areas in search of anonymity and livelihoods. Displacement may be combined with discriminatory attitudes or policies, including denial or deprivation of citizenship, and neglect of the primary responsibility for protection as required under international standards. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Outcomes and commitments on internal displacement of the World Humanitarian Summit 2016, para. 28 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Carrying out risk assessments to identify communities that may be at risk of conflict and displacement would enable Governments to put in place effective prevention measures or to respond rapidly with contingency planning in place when displacement occurs. Prevention requires the identification of who may be at risk of displacement, where they are, and why, as well as an assessment of what preventive measures are required. In his 2016 report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/32/35) the Special Rapporteur urged greater understanding of the vulnerability of some disadvantaged and marginalized groups to violence and displacement, including ethnic and religious minorities and indigenous peoples. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2016 | ||
Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 70 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | IDPs frequently belong to national, ethnic or religious minorities who, due to historical, geopolitical, social and other factors, may face varying degrees of discrimination, social and economic marginalization and sometimes violence on the basis of their identity. They may be excluded or marginalized in national development programmes, even during periods of peace. During times of instability and conflict, they are vulnerable to violence and displacement by larger population groups, members of which may dominate the government, the police and military forces and other public bodies, including those with responsibility for national development goals. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 54 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | During his joint visit to the Central African Republic in February 2015, the Special Rapporteur deplored the living conditions of nearly 500 members of the Peulh minority group, trapped in an enclave in Yaloke. According to reports, the food being distributed in Yaloke does not meet the cultural and nutritional needs of the Peulh minority group. The Peulh, living largely on a diet of beef and milk from cattle, are not used to the rice and beans that humanitarian agencies distribute. As of December 2014, over 40 Peulh had died from malnutrition and other diseases, the majority of them children. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Governance structures for internal displacement 2015, para. 40 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | According to the Guiding Principles, "all authorities and international actors shall respect and ensure respect for their obligations under international law, including human rights and humanitarian law, in all circumstances, so as to prevent and avoid conditions that might lead to displacement of persons" (principle 5). Furthermore, "States are under a particular obligation to protect against the displacement of indigenous peoples, minorities, peasants, pastoralists and other groups with a special dependency on and attachment to their lands" (principle 9). These principles underline States' obligations to take preventive measures to avoid displacement. However, States often lack adequate governance structures to prevent, prepare for and mitigate the consequences of internal displacement before the onset of a displacement crisis. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2015 | ||
Looking forward: addressing new challenges and consolidating gains 2011, para. 64 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Human rights obligations engage State responsibility before disaster strikes as well in its aftermath. In the case of climate change and environmental destruction, due diligence obligations should prevail in order to prevent or mitigate the impact of natural disasters and the deterioration of environments necessary to human life and to the particular way of life of certain groups such as indigenous peoples, and persons with pastoralist or nomadic lifestyles. It is worth highlighting that these groups of persons as well as vulnerable groups, such as those suffering from chronic poverty in the developing world, are expected to be the most affected by climate change, natural disasters, and the ensuing displacement (see A/HRC/10/13/Add.1, paras. 22, 65, 66, 73). | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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| 2011 | ||
Climate change and internal displacement 2011, para. 72 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Agro-fuel production and programmes to preserve forest cover, which have at times been found to impinge on the rights of indigenous peoples in relation to their traditional lands and culture, are examples of how some climate change mitigation measures can have adverse consequences and lead to forced displacement. Guidelines developed to date by development actors in the context of large-scale development projects, including some which promote clean energy such as hydroelectric dams, have been criticized as well for failing to minimize displacement and sufficiently apply human rights standards. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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Climate change and internal displacement 2011, para. 71 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The international community has acknowledged that measures responding to the effects of climate change are likely to have adverse economic and social consequences for some, and that support, including financing, technology and capacity-building, will be necessary in order to minimize these impacts and "build up the resilience of societies and economies negatively affected by response measures". However, safeguards to prevent or minimize displacement resulting from measures which aim to mitigate climate change - and which in many cases affect indigenous and minority groups - continue to be weak. | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
| Special Procedures' report |
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