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United NationsUnited NationsGuiding Principles Guiding Principles on Internal on Internal DisplacementDisplacementa rights-based approach to developmenta rights-based approach to development
Awareness ModulePresented by HECTOR MIÑOZA
Background Photographs acknowledgment to:•Keith Bacongco - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitoy
•Vladimir Hernandez - http://www.flickr.com/photos/amir_ershad
1. To promote the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (UNGPID) as enabling policy environment
2. To understand the rights-based approach as a vision of development towards the universal realization of human rights and freedom
3. To value the relationship between a rights-based approach to development and the Right to Development ObjectivesObjectives
of this sectionof this section
UNGPIDUNGPID synopsis synopsis
5sections
Guiding Principles
1. General Principles2. Principles to protection from
displacement3. Principles relating to during
displacement4. Principles relating to humanitarian
assistance5. Principles relating to return,
resettlement and reintegration
General Principles• IDPs have equal rights and equal
opportunities as all other persons
• IDPs have special needs
• IDPs are composed of vulnerable groups
• IDPs shall not be discriminated against as a result of their having been displaced.
Protection from displacement
• Prohibition against arbitrary displacement
• Identifying alternative to displacement
• Consultation with affected parties
• Minimizing displacement and its adverse effects
Protection during displacement
• Enhancing protection of physical security and freedom of movement
• Preserving family and community
• Protecting economic, social, and cultural rights
• Protecting basic freedom
Humanitarian assistance
• Responsibilities of authorities
• Role of the humanitarian assistance organization
• Protection role and security of humanitarian personnel
Return, resettlement & integration
• Right to return and resettlement
• Protection from discriminatory treatment
• Right to return of property or compensation
“…are persons or group of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights and natural or human-made disaster, and who have not crossed international borders.”
UN Guiding Principles Introduction, Paragraph 2
What does it mean to beWhat does it mean to be
IInternally nternally DDisplaced isplaced PPersonsersons
vulnerable
Why are IDPs particularly vulnerable?
The social organization of displaced communities may have
been destroyed or damaged by the act of physical is placement; family groups may be separated
or disrupted; women may be forced to assume non-traditional
roles or face particular vulnerabilities.
vulnerability factors…
Internally displaced persons may lack identity documents essential to receiving benefits or legal recognition; in some cases, fearing persecution, displaced persons have sometimes got rid of such documents.
vulnerability factors…
Internally displaced populations, and especially groups like children, the elderly, or pregnant women, may experience profound psychosocial distress related to displacement.
vulnerability factors…
The IDPs are the most vulnerable groups, they are in need of security, they are the rights holders - who have the rights as well to claim protection from the government
The IDPs - are Rights Holders
• Rights do not exist in a vacuum, they involve corresponding obligations in the rights holders themselves.
• The responsibilities of rights holders include respecting and defending the rights of others, seeking the well being of all and support justice and equity for all.
• Rights holders need appropriate capacities to claim and exercise their rights fully and responsibly.
• One of the most important capacities for people to claim and exercise human rights (even when these are recognized by law), is when they know of such rights.
The IDPs - are Rights Holders
UNGPIDUniversal Rights
• IDPs have the same rights and responsibilities as all other persons.
• IDPs have special needs.
• IDPs are composed of vulnerable groups.
• IDPs shall not be discriminated against as a result of their having been displaced.
The State - as “duty bearers”
• The duty-bearers are those with responsibilities in the realization of rights claimed.
• In the legal approach to human rights and human development, the State is often to be the sole duty bearer.
State Obligations - as “duty bearers”
The State should not directly violate the rights of its citizens (obligation
to respect), it should protect its citizens from violations committed
by others (obligation to protect), and it should facilitate and promote
the full exercise of rights by its citizens, becoming a direct provider
in exceptional circumstances (obligation to fulfill).
Human miseries and sufferings provide opportunities not only for recovery and reconstruction but also to look into what went wrong and improve the system to reduce the chances of their recurrence in future
AssessmentCoordination
Info ManagementResource Mobilization
Linkages
DISASTERIMPACT
Pre-Emergency Emergency Response
Post-EmergencyPrevention
Prior to displacement•Early warning•Preparedness
During displacement•Emergency assessment•Relief operation
Return, Resettlement& Integration•Rehabilitation•Reconstruction
Mitigation•Development
“We are entering a new era of human security where the entire concept of security will change and change dramatically. Security will be interpreted as security of the people, not just security of territory, security of individuals, not just security of their nations; security through development, not security through arms, security of all the people everywhere – in their home, in their job, in their streets, in their communities, in their environment.”
Dr. Mahbub Ul HaqUnited Nations Development Programme
10.4.24.
Rights-Based Approach to Development: Two Basic Facts about the IDPs
2. IDPs are people with 2. IDPs are people with strengths and capacities on strengths and capacities on which to build emergency which to build emergency programming responses.programming responses.
1. All IDPs are not the same and any single IDP group is not homogeneous.
Transitionsafety net + self-reliance =
Integrated relief and development
Synergy & Partnership between
namaskar!
We can change for the good and happiness of all….
Background Photographs acknowledgment to:•Keith Bacongco - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitoy
•Vladimir Hernandez - http://www.flickr.com/photos/amir_ershad
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