A/HRC/38/39 57. As testament to its concern over internal displacement, in 2015 the Inter-American Commission published a report entitled Human Mobility: Inter-American Standards.15 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights emphasized the relevance of the Guiding Principles and the fact that many of them illuminate the reach and content of article 22 of the American Convention on Human Rights relating to freedom of movement and residence in the context of forced displacement. The Commission has taken action, including granting precautionary measure to protect the lives and personal integrity of some forcibly displaced person in countries such as Colombia and El Salvador. In February 2018, the Special Rapporteur joined a public hearing on internal displacement in the Americas organized by the Commission at the request of the national human rights institutions in the region. 58. Despite valuable regional initiatives, the Special Rapporteur considers that the attention paid to internal displacement by regional bodies could be significantly strengthened. She notes a tendency to rely on existing human rights norms, such as the right to property, a home and family life, freedom of movement and residence, and protection from discrimination, which, while applying equally to internally displaced persons, do not fully capture or appropriately respond to their particular situations, vulnerability and human rights challenges. Articulation of regional standards, such as the Kampala Convention, essentially sets such rights explicitly in the context of internal displacement and provides greater guidance for rights holders and duty bearers regarding human rights protection and for solutions to be found. 59. The Special Rapporteur encourages regional human rights organizations and other regional bodies to commemorate the twentieth anniversary by raising awareness of the Guiding Principles at the regional level and among States. She hopes that activities will inspire awareness of and encourage attention to be paid to internal displacement and consideration of responses that are appropriate to unique national and regional contexts. Such activities may include commemorative events, conferences or expert workshops, convened by regional human rights bodies, to bring together stakeholders to discuss internal displacement challenges, including those relating to such factors as climate change or slowonset disasters that have regional dimensions and implications. VI. The role of the United Nations and the international community A. Promoting enhanced, immediate and joined-up action to effectively reduce internal displacement 60. The messages of “leave no one behind” and “reach the furthest behind first”, have been central to the vision of the United Nations and the international community as it has shaped global processes such as the new era of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets and the Agenda for Humanity. It is clear that internally displaced persons are both some of the furthest behind and among those at most risk of being left even further behind by development policies that do not include them. In fact, the message and call for action in the present report and in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles, also follow a similar call for action in the Agenda for Humanity, in which Member States and international organizations are explicitly urged to take action to reduce internal displacement by 2030 in a safe and dignified manner. 61. Equally, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, it has been explicitly recognized that internally displaced persons constitute a category of the most vulnerable people requiring particular attention and specific action to ensure that they are not left behind by development action. Despite the lack of a Goal or target relating to internal displacement, that vital recognition should ensure that States give the necessary attention to internally displaced persons as they shape their own national targets and strategies to achieve the Goals. Indeed, understanding internal displacement not only as a humanitarian 15 14 Available at www.oas.org/en/iachr/reports/pdfs/HumanMobility.pdf.