A/HRC/RES/32/11
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 July 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-second session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 July 2016
32/11.
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
internally displaced persons
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions on internally displaced persons adopted by the
General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council,
including Assembly resolution 70/165 of 17 December 2015 and Council resolution 23/8 of
13 June 2013,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the
strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United
Nations, and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement annexed thereto,
Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building
of the Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate Holders of
the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or
her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
Deeply disturbed by the alarmingly high number of internally displaced persons
throughout the world, for reasons including violations and abuses of human rights,
violations of international humanitarian law, armed conflict, persecution, violence and
terrorism, as well as natural and human-made disasters, who receive inadequate protection
and assistance, and conscious of the serious challenges that this is creating for the people
affected, including the host communities, and for the international community,
Conscious of the human rights, humanitarian, development and possible
peacebuilding dimensions of internal displacement, including in long-term displacement
situations, the often heightened vulnerability of women and children, as well as of older
persons and persons with disabilities, and the responsibilities of States and the international
community to further strengthen their protection and assistance, including by respecting
and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all internally displaced
persons, with a view to finding durable solutions,
Noting the need for greater mainstreaming of the human rights of internally
displaced persons across the United Nations system in order to address more effectively the
challenges they face, including by giving due consideration to the re-establishment of a
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