A/HRC/44/41 I. Introduction 1. The report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 41/15. In the report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of the activities she has undertaken since her previous report (A/HRC/41/40). In addition, and in the light of the momentum gained for the rights of persons with disabilities since the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, the Special Rapporteur has dedicated the present report to the specific experience of persons with disabilities in contexts of displacement, examining the ongoing challenges and the necessary actions to be taken by States, the United Nations and other humanitarian, human rights and development actors to remove the obstacles to the equal enjoyment of their rights. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur 2. The Special Rapporteur pursued the tasks mandated by the Human Rights Council through various activities in accordance with her priorities. The multi-stakeholder GP20 plan of action, launched by the Special Rapporteur in 2018 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement is focused on the themes of participation by internally displaced persons, law and policy, data and analysis, and solutions to displacement. 1 Activities related to the plan continued to be undertaken by States, civil society, human rights institutions and United Nations agencies and country teams, some with the direct participation of the Special Rapporteur. The activities included quarterly GP20 Steering Group meetings in Geneva and two regional exchanges: one in March 2019 in Dakar on law and policy2 and one in October 2019 in Addis Ababa on durable solutions. 3 In order to highlight the gains of the plan of action by various stakeholders worldwide, an annex to the Special Rapporteur’s annual report to the Human Rights Council for 2019 was also presented (A/HRC/41/40/Add.1). To mark the twenty-second anniversary of the Guiding Principles this year, the Special Rapporteur issued a joint press release with the Global Protection Cluster and GP20, particularly highlighting the relevance of this framework in the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.4 3. Promoting and mainstreaming the Guiding Principles was the goal of most of the Special Rapporteur’s activities in 2019. They included presentations (in person or remotely) to various conferences, such as the International Metropolis Conference in June in Ottawa; the Indigenous Peoples’ Fellowship Programme of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in June in Geneva; the Wilton Park Conference on internal displacement in September in London; the Mindanao Peace Conference in November in Butuan City, Philippines; and the Latin America human rights defenders conference in December in Mexico. 4. In collaboration with the International Institute for Humanitarian Law and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Special Rapporteur co-organized and facilitated three courses in Sanremo, Italy, on law and policy on internal displacement, two in English in June and November and one in French for the first time in November. The courses were attended mainly by national and local authorities from over 30 countries affected by internal displacement. The mandate also contributed to the development of draft laws for the protection of internally displaced persons in El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras and Mexico, including as a member of the Global Protection Cluster Task Team on Law and 1 2 3 4 See GP20, “A plan of action for advancing prevention, protection and solutions for internally displaced people 2018–2020” (May 2019). See GP20 “Comparative experience on preventing, addressing and resolving internal displacement. West Africa regional exchange on law and policy to prevent and address internal displacement” (2019). See GP20, “Comparative experience on preventing, addressing and resolving internal displacement. Experiences in supporting resilience and durable solutions to internal displacement in the IGAD region” (2019). Available from www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/GPID.aspx. 3