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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 mass exodus” concerning both IDPs and refugees.
Both the Human Rights Council (and previous Commission) and the General Assembly have also passed many resolutions on other topics that are relevant to IDPs.
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See also the 2005 thematic compilation of resolutions and reports of the Commission on Human Rights relevant to refugees and IDPs from 1994-2004 (E/CN.4/2005/80/Add.1) prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Internal displacement in the context of the slow-onset adverse effects of climate change (2020)
Persons with disabilities in the context of internal displacement (2020)
Protection of internally displaced children (2019)
Internal displacement and the role of national rights institutions (2019)
Internal displacement and transitional justice (2018)
Thematic priorities and enhancing the participation of IDPs (2017)
Ms. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons OHCHR-UNOG 8-14 Avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland Email: idp@ohchr.org
The UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
The GP20 Plan of Action for Advancing Prevention, Protection and Solutions for Internally Displaced People
Global Protection Cluster – Law and Policy on Internal Displacement
Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
