A/HRC/35/27 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities of the former Special Rapporteur .................................................................................. 3 A. III. IV. Mainstreaming the human rights of internally displaced persons in the United Nations system ................................................................................................ 3 B. Cooperation with regional and international organizations .................................................. 4 C. Visits conducted under the mandate ..................................................................................... 4 Preliminary activities and a road map for the next three years ...................................................... 7 A. Working methods.................................................................................................................. 7 B. Strategic priorities and initial activities ................................................................................ 9 Thematic priorities ........................................................................................................................ 12 A. Strengthening the participation of internally displaced persons ........................................... 13 B. Ensuring the inclusion of internally displaced persons in transitional justice processes ...... 14 C. Improving protection of internally displaced children .......................................................... 15 D. Enhancing the role of national human rights institutions in the protection of internally displaced persons .................................................................................................. 16 Increasing the attention to neglected drivers of internal displacement ................................. 16 1. Development-induced displacement ............................................................................ 17 2. Generalized violence-induced displacement ................................................................ 17 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 18 E. V. 2