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with effective remedies for the violations they suffered (see also above in chapter III,
section G).
82.
While providing the conditions and related means for durable solutions is primarily
the responsibility of national and local authorities (see Guiding Principle 28), international
development, political and human rights actors often need to become involved to provide
support, including to bridge the transition period after the emergency. The Representative is
therefore pleased to note that the Peacebuilding Commission, the World Bank and UNDP
are increasingly recognizing the links between displacement, durable solutions and their
own mandates.
83.
In 2007, based on a request from the Emergency Relief Coordinator and after
extensive consultations, the Representative released the pilot version of the Framework on
Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons. The Framework provides guidance on
how to support such solutions and establishes criteria for assessing to what extent a durable
solution has been achieved. Feedback from the field provided the basis for a further review
of the Framework, which is presented to the Human Rights Council in its final form
(A/HRC/13/21/Add.4). The Framework, endorsed by the IASC, is primarily aimed at
guiding international and non-governmental humanitarian and development actors on how
to work with governments in supporting durable solutions. As it also provides a response to
the requests by the Council for ways to strengthen durable solutions and benchmarks for
assessing when displacement ends (resolution 6/32, para. 7), the Framework should also be
useful to member States affected by internal displacement and to donors.
V.
Conclusions and recommendations
84.
Millions of people are being newly internally displaced every year as a result of
conflict and violence. Disasters displace even more people and the effects of climate
change will exacerbate this trend. Development-induced displacement is also on the
rise. With international attention focused on camps of internally displaced persons,
many other displaced remain invisible, because they stay with host families, are
dispersed in urban areas or their existence is officially denied. Some vulnerable
groups within the displaced population are also regularly overlooked. Host families
and communities are often heavily affected by displacement, but they are often
neglected. The Representative urges member States and humanitarian and
development actors to expand their scope of action and recommends that they:
(a)
Recognize, protect and assist all internally displaced persons in
accordance with the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, including people
displaced by natural and human-made disasters and people evicted in the context of
development;
(b)
Increase efforts to protect and assist the urban displaced, including
through development efforts and measures to assist host families as well as
displacement-affected communities generally;
(c)
Pay greater attention to internally displaced persons with multiple layers
of vulnerability and discrimination, especially elderly persons and those with
disabilities, women heads of households and their children, and displaced persons
belonging to ethnic minorities or indigenous peoples.
85.
While the protection of internally displaced persons is the primary
responsibility of national authorities, many of the countries most affected by internal
displacement have weak State institutions with little capacity to assume this
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