A/HRC/50/24
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
13 April 2022
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fiftieth session
13 June–8 July 2022
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
The right of internally displaced persons to participate in
electoral processes, particularly the right to vote and to stand
in elections
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, provides an account of the activities she has
undertaken pursuant to the mandate given to her by the Human Rights Council in resolution
41/15.
In the thematic section of the report, the Special Rapporteur examines the
participation of internally displaced persons in electoral processes. She analyses their ability
to exercise their right to vote and to stand in elections on equal terms with the non-displaced
population, the obstacles they encounter and the special measures that may be adopted in
electoral processes to enable their participation. The Special Rapporteur makes
recommendations to States, the international community, civil society and national human
rights institutions.
GE.22-05519(E)