A/HRC/26/33 91. In order to ensure satisfactory monitoring of State compliance with the Kampala Convention, the African Union should consider establishing the Conference of States Parties, in accordance with article 14 of the Convention. 92. Civil society organizations and other relevant actors should continue their work of awareness-raising and dissemination of the Kampala Convention, and their work to promote the ratification of the instrument across Africa, including through training activities. 93. Relevant actors should increase international support in order to strengthen local and national capacities and legal frameworks and policies to address displacement by means of specific programmes, including the transfer of know-how, secondment of expert staff and provision of technical support. In particular, all relevant actors should consider the opportunity of adopting a subregional approach (for example, with the Economic Community of West African States, whose approach is quite specific), as well as the importance of cooperating with United Nations agencies in relation to their respective expertise. At the same time, the capacity of the African Union and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region should be strengthened to provide technical support to countries seeking to establish mechanisms for the protection of internally displaced persons that respond to country-specific issues and contexts. 94. Development actors should be involved in and support the drafting of national policies on internal displacement, and build capacity in terms of knowledge, human resources and infrastructure. 95. The international community, humanitarian agencies, donors, development actors and civil society organizations should enhance the capacity of internally displaced persons to advocate for their rights, and ensure that alleged perpetrators are brought to justice. 96. Development actors should implement projects that specifically protect the human rights of internally displaced persons. Such projects should address in particular the availability and accessibility of basic services, the restoration of livelihoods, and housing and the protection of land and property rights, in full consultation with displaced persons, and affected communities where relevant. 97. All relevant stakeholders should monitor, support and build capacity to address climate change-related internal displacement, including displacement due to both sudden and slow-onset natural hazards. In this regard, relevant international and national actors should, inter alia, increase awareness and understanding of displacement caused by slow-onset natural disasters; develop concrete strategies and measures to follow up on relevant provisions of the Cancun Agreement; and promote a human rights-based approach in all actions and strategies to address displacement related to natural disasters and climate change. Relevant actors should support Member States in developing adaptation measures that are comprehensive and include disaster risk reduction and prevention, and the minimization of internal displacement, as well as durable solutions. Relevant actors should also promote mechanisms for the engagement of affected communities, and develop guidance for States on how to ensure that displacement is taken into account in the climate change debate, on available normative standards and on the human rights implications of that type of displacement. 98. All relevant stakeholders should continue to identify and address the various causes of internal displacement, emerging issues and areas that need to be strengthened through improved understanding, methodologies, approaches and responses. Such areas include, inter alia, the impact of global megatrends on internal 22

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