A/HRC/38/39 provide a vital framework and guidance for responses. During visits undertaken by the mandate to Honduras, northern Nigeria and Ukraine, for example, the authorities noted that they had no experience of addressing internal displacement and relied heavily on support from the international community. The Guiding Principles provided an immediate authoritative basis for context-specific responses to be quickly developed. 33. It is also true that within internally displaced populations there exists great resilience, resourcefulness, capacity and potential, the strength and determination to survive and to recover. That has been demonstrated even in the most difficult circumstances and situations of ongoing conflict, including in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. Such elements should not be taken for granted, but can and should be better harnessed and utilized in support of the recovery of internally displaced persons. The Guiding Principles recognize that capacity and urge that they be recognized as participants and partners in their own recovery and not simply as beneficiaries. IV. National action to reduce internal displacement in line with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement A. Incorporating the Guiding Principles into national law and policy 34. For the Guiding Principles to become effective at the national level, it is essential for them to be adopted into national law and policy frameworks. Despite important progress, the majority of States coping with large-scale displacement still do not have national internal displacement laws or policies and many of those displaced are unaware of their rights. The situation is improving, as documented by the Global Protection Cluster task team on law and policy, co-chaired by the Special Rapporteur and UNHCR. Authorities in several countries have already developed domestic normative standards on the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons. 4 That demonstrates a positive global trend of national authorities increasingly expressing their commitment to implementing the Guiding Principles and other supranational instruments. 35. Over 75 countries have some form of documents or processes relevant to internal displacement, such as national laws, policies, decrees, protocols, strategies and action plans, in place or in development. The Global Protection Cluster notes that countries respond to internal displacement in a variety of ways, while a considerable number are using the Guiding Principles or the Kampala Convention as points of reference in drafting national laws and policies. Some develop legislation or implement policies that respond to existing and specific situations. National Governments have made positive strides in addressing the assistance and protection needs of internally displaced persons, but analysis reveals substantive issues and challenges in terms of law and policy that require their sustained attention. 36. States themselves have identified a significant need for technical support and expertise in law and policymaking processes on internal displacement. Even where law and/or policy exists, translating them into practice has proved a challenge. Some laws and policies fail to include detailed provisions on implementation and monitoring, or the institutional arrangements necessary for doing so. The absence of specific provisions relating to durable solutions is also a common feature. Structural problems, weak institutions, poor coordination and communication, and a lack of political will, funding and other resources, are other obstacles. In some cases the adoption of national law and policy experiences significant delays or political obstacles that can continue for years, impeding implementation of standards and meaning that little difference is made to the lives of tens of millions worldwide. 37. National laws and policy provide internally displaced persons with recourse to national law to claim their rights in domestic courts or other national forums for victims. 4 See www.internal-displacement.org/law-and-policy. 9