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Annual thematic reports

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The Special Rapporteur submits annual thematic reports to the June session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and to the General Assembly (GA) in October. Thematic reports document the Special...

Areas of activity

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1. Promoting Respect for the Human Rights of the Internally Displaced Advocacy. The Special Rapporteur engages Governments, international organizations, and also NGOs and other non-state actors as...

About internally displaced persons

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Who are internally displaced persons? According to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement , internally displaced persons (also known as "IDPs") are "persons or groups of persons who have been...

Resolutions

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The Human Rights Council (as well as the previous Commission on Human Rights) and the General Assembly have regularly adopted resolutions on internally displaced persons (IDPs) or on “Human rights and...

Links*

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Global campaign to raise awareness of internal displacement worldwide To raise awareness of the global phenomenon of internal displacement, eight international organisations are combining their voices...

About the mandate

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The Human Rights Council appointed the first Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in September 2010, with the same functions as the former Representative of...