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be useful to appoint trained gender focal points in different sectors of the police and
other law enforcement bodies.
Economic, social and cultural rights
80. For durable solutions to be fully achieved, the economic, social and cultural
rights of internally displaced persons must be fully respected and protected. Special
measures may need to be implemented to ensure access to education, health
services, livelihood opportunities, land and property rights for internally displaced
persons, returnees and resettled persons on an equal basis with the non-displaced
population. Local authorities have a special and ongoing role and need to work
together with internally displaced persons, returnees and resettled persons to make
social services more accessible to them. During his visit to Georgia in June 2013,
the Special Rapporteur was informed that a revised action plan for the
implementation of the State strategy on internally displaced persons 2012 -2014 had
been adopted. He welcomed the fact that this revised action plan contained a strong
focus on socioeconomic measures for internally displaced persons. The action plan
mandated a steering committee to, inter alia, support the socioeconomic integration
of internally displaced persons, provide them with proper livi ng conditions and
durable housing solutions and eliminate their dependence on the State
(A/HRC/26/33/Add.1).
81. Solutions to displacement cannot be considered sustainable unless internally
displaced persons have equal access to livelihood and employment opportunities.
The Special Rapporteur notes the value of adopting a specific policy or strategy on
livelihood, in consultation with internally displaced persons themselves and relevant
communities, which would address the specific needs of internally displaced
persons as well as the needs and interests of displacement -affected communities.
National and local authorities should provide internally displaced persons with
skills-development opportunities and vocational training so that they can resume
their lives and secure sustainable incomes. In Azerbaijan, the Special Rapporteur
was informed that some internally displaced persons were provided with
employment by the State Employment Service, while others were involved in
vocational training or engaged in public works. The National Fund for
Entrepreneurship Support also provided preferential loans to internally displaced
persons for entrepreneurship investment projects ( A/HRC/29/34/Add.1).
Housing, land and property
82. Questions related to housing, land and property are often complex and require
effective management. Effective and accessible mechanisms for timely restitution of
housing, land and property rights of internally displaced persons must be established
for them to achieve durable solutions, regardless of the solution they have opted for.
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee Framework states that “the right to
restitution or compensation extends to all displaced persons — including men,
women and children — who have lost ownership, tenancy rights or other access
entitlements to their housing, land and property, whether they have formal or
informal titles or rights on the basis of mere uncontest ed use or occupation ….” The
Special Rapporteur also recalls the importance of States implementing the principles
on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons, developed
by the Special Rapporteur of the Subcommission on Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/17, annex), most notably
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