Issued by
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Published
16 July 2021
presented to
The General Assembly
Issued by Special Procedures
Subject
Internally displaced persons
Symbol Number
A/76/169
Summary
This report, presented at the General Assembly’s 76th session in 2021, analyses the international legal standards on the prohibition of and obligation to prevent arbitrary displacement and their relevance to the response to internal displacement across the displacement cycle. The Special Rapporteur discusses the importance of well-designed and well-implemented laws, policies, programmes and durable solutions processes that are grounded in human rights for the effective prevention of arbitrary displacement.
In preparation for the present report, the Special Rapporteur benefited from consultations with a wide range of stakeholders, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration, the Global Protection Cluster and field protection clusters, and the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the Secretariat. The Special Rapporteur would like to express her gratitude to all stakeholders that participated in consultations for sharing their views. She would also like to thank Oxford Pro Bono Publico for the comparative research on national laws and policies conducted to inform this report and Windesheim Honours College for their specialized theoretical research.
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