A/HRC/35/27 strengthen their efforts to promote the integration of internally displaced persons’ needs in development plans and interventions. El Salvador 12. The former Special Rapporteur conducted a working visit to El Salvador from 11 to 14 August 2016 as part of a regional visit. He noted that ongoing internal displacement in the northern triangle of Central America, due to various causes, including displacement triggered by widespread criminal and gang-related violence, had had a devastating impact on the lives of those affected and required preventive action and measures to protect the rights of internally displaced persons. His visit presented a unique opportunity to start consulting with government representatives and other stakeholders on the challenges involved in providing protection and assistance to internally displaced persons. He welcomed the willingness of the Government to carry out a characterization study on the internally displaced population in El Salvador with a view to developing concrete proposals on how to address internal displacement in El Salvador. The Government of El Salvador subsequently issued an invitation to the current Special Rapporteur to undertake an official country visit in August 2017. Honduras 13. The former Special Rapporteur conducted a follow-up visit to Honduras from 15 to 17 August 2016. The visit was another opportunity to discuss initiatives to prevent and respond to internal displacement and implement the recommendations of his previous report (A/HRC/32/35/Add.4) following his mission there in November 2015. He commended the Government for the measures taken to establish a legal framework for the protection of internally displaced persons and to criminalize the offence of criminal gangrelated displacement, as well as to facilitate protection and assistance for internally displaced persons in the short term based on the recommendations of his report. He encouraged the Government of Honduras to continue working towards the strengthening of such measures, including by ensuring a sufficient budgetary allocation for this purpose. Mexico 14. The former Special Rapporteur conducted a working visit to Mexico on 18 and 19 August 2016 to start consultations with stakeholders on the challenges with regard to protection and assistance for internally displaced persons. He held discussions with the Senate on opportunities to establish a normative and institutional framework for protection of internally displaced persons, following the recent amendments to the Constitution. He welcomed the willingness of the Government to undertake a study of the various forms of displacement in order to pave the way for concrete measures. Nigeria 15. The former Special Rapporteur conducted an official visit to Nigeria from 23 to 26 August 2016. The visit focused on the situation in the north-east of the country, affected by the Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) insurgency since 2009. The insurgency and the Government’s counter-insurgency have killed thousands of people and have internally displaced nearly 2 million. As areas have been recovered, following offensives, the full extent of the humanitarian crisis has begun to be revealed, with severe malnutrition and food insecurity threatening the lives of many thousands. Ensuring that urgent food, shelter, medical care, water, sanitation systems and other essential services reach internally displaced persons without delay is critical. Ensuring the protection of vulnerable internally displaced persons, many traumatized by violence, must be a paramount concern. 16. Credible evidence of widespread human rights violations means that the situation must also be recognized as a human rights crisis. Internally displaced persons’ camps have been targeted by Boko Haram and internally displaced persons have also been killed as a 5