A/HRC/RES/20/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 July 2012
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twentieth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
20/9.
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 66/165 of 19 December 2011 and Council resolution 14/6 of
17 June 2010,
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 General Assembly resolution 64/290 of 9 July 2010 and Human
Rights Council resolution 15/4 of 29 September 2010, in which the Assembly and the
Council emphasized the right to education of internally displaced persons and in emergency
situations, such as armed conflicts or natural disasters,
Deeply disturbed by the alarmingly high numbers of internally displaced persons
throughout the world, for reasons including armed conflict, violations of human rights and
natural or human-made disasters, who receive inadequate protection and assistance, and
conscious of the serious challenges that this is creating for the international community,
Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility to provide protection and
assistance to internally displaced persons within their jurisdiction, as well as to address the
root causes of the displacement problem in appropriate cooperation with the international
community,
GE.12-15376
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twentieth session (A/HRC/20/2), chap. I.