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The Handbook for Applying the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/pub/IDPprinciples.pdf

Hard copies of the Handbook are available from the Brookings Institution Project on Internal Displacement. For free copies, contact Gimena Sanchez: gsanchez@brookings.edu

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Brookings Institution

The Handbook provides guidance for application of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and concrete examples of the application of the Principles, based on a number of missions to the field.

The Handbook includes the following:

  1. Foreword
  2. Introduction
  3. What is Internal Displacement
  4. General Principles
    • Equal Rights and Equal Obligations
    • Universal Application
    • Right to Seek and Enjoy Asylum
    • Sovereignty means Responsibility
  5. Protection from Displacement
    • Prevention of Displacement
      • Prohibition of Arbitrary Displacement
      • Identifying Alternatives to Displacement
      • Consultation with the Affected Parties
    • Minimising Displacement and its Adverse Effects
      • En Route
      • Relocation Sites
      • Planning
      • Decision-making
      • Review of Decisions
      • Indigenous Peoples and Other Special Populations
    • Protection During Displacement
      • Enhancing Protection of Physical Security and Freedom of Movement
      • Right to Life
      • Right to Dignity and Integrity of Person
      • Protection against Arbitrary Arrest and Detention
      • Choice of Residence
      • Protection Against Forcible Return
      • Protection from Forced Military Recruitment
    • Preserving Family and Community
      • Family Unity
      • Family Reunification
      • Rights of Children
      • Sanctity of Mortal Remains and Gravesites
    • Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
      • An Adequate Standard of Living· Right to Health and Medical Care
      • Participation of Women· Right to Work
      • Property Rights
      • Right to Education
    • Protecting Basic Freedoms
      • Recognition before the Law
      • Civil and Political Rights
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