A/HRC/16/43
10.
The Operational Guidelines will be translated into a number of languages and are
expected to be published, with the support of the Brookings-Bern Project, within the next
months.
2.
Other contributions to normative developments
11.
This mandate has contributed to a number of other normative developments over the
course of the last year, including through the elaboration of the following: Integrating
Internal Displacement in Peace Processes and Agreements: Guide for Mediators;2and the
Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons.3 The Special Rapporteur
is pleased to report that both documents have been published and are currently already
being used by different actors for a number of purposes, including training events. With
regard to the Durable Solutions Framework, the Special Rapporteur is pleased that this
document is expected to soon be translated into all official United Nations languages,
which will significantly enhance its accessibility to a wider range of actors.
12.
In addition to the above, the Representative presented to the IASC working group in
July 2010 a discussion paper jointly developed with the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on internally displaced persons outside camps.
Intended primarily to trigger an active discussion and follow-up actions by the IASC and its
member agencies, the Special Rapporteur is encouraged by the degree of interest expressed
on this issue, as well as the suggested need for concrete follow-up. The suggestions made to
date include the need to form a structured working group to advance the issue, and to
undertake an initial stock-taking exercise in order to compile and analyse existing practices
and tools to address the situation of IDPs outside of camp settings, as well as existing gaps
in this regard. The Special Rapporteur urges all relevant actors, including the IASC
members and the donor community in particular, to bring more concerted attention and
resources to this issue. This will include reviewing and questioning some of our current
working methods, strategies and assumptions, and working together to strengthen the
effectiveness and responsiveness of the humanitarian community to internally displaced
persons outside of camp-type settings.
B.
Trainings and other capacity-building initiatives
1.
Trainings
13.
Throughout the reporting period, the mandate continued to be active in trainings and
capacity-building activities. The Representative, co-organized and participated in the
annual San Remo Course on the Law of Internal Displacement (7-12 June 2010), which
included 22 participants from 13 displacement-affected countries. He also participated in
the Regional Workshop: Protecting and Promoting Rights in Natural Disasters in SouthEast Asia, which took place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 14-15 May 2010. The workshop
was organized by the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, the All India
Disaster Migration Institute, the Center for Security and Peace Studies, and the Gadjah
Mada University. It brought together 35 representatives from Government, the United
Nations, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and international and national NGOs, and
allowed them to share good practices and become familiarized with the Operational
Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters.
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Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2010/0216_internal_displacement_mchugh.aspx.
IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (A/HRC/13/21/Add.4). The
framework is also available at: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2010/04_durable_solutions.aspx;
www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc.
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