A/HRC/53/35
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 May 2023
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fifty-third session
19 June–14 July 2023
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Vision and thematic priorities: addressing new challenges
and consolidating gains
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur
Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to resolution 50/6 of the Human Rights
Council, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula
Gaviria Betancur, provides an outline of the direction that she intends to take during her
tenure, including her methods of work and her strategic and thematic priorities. She also
provides an account of the activities undertaken in fulfilment of her mandate since her
appointment by the Council on 1 November 2022, and describes activities undertaken by the
previous Special Rapporteur during the reporting period and until the end of her tenure on
31 October 2022.
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