Title | Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin |
Publisher | UN Human Rights Council |
Author | Mr Walter Kälin |
Publication Date | 9 February 2009 |
Country | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Colombia | Georgia | Honduras | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Madagascar | Mozambique | Nepal | Sudan | Timor-Leste (East Timor) |
Topics | Internally displaced persons (IDPs) |
Citation / Document Symbol | A/HRC/10/13 |
Reference | Tenth session |
Cite as | UN Human Rights Council, Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin, 9 February 2009, A/HRC/10/13, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/49a55b102.html [accessed 18 May 2023] |
Comments | Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/32. Covers the period May-Dec. 2008, and addresses in pt. 1 the status of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement 10 years after their submission to the Commission on Human Rights, the protection of persons displaced by natural disaster, and the inclusion of the issue of internal displacement and the people it affects in peace processes; addresses in pt. 2 the Special Representative's country mission to Georgia, his working visits to 8 other countries, and other activities supporting constructive dialogue with Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations involved in the response to internal displacement. |