A/HRC/26/33
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
4 April 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human
rights of internally displaced persons,
Chaloka Beyani
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally
displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, provides an account of his activities from January 2013
to March 2014. He makes a thematic analysis of the African Union Convention for the
Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, describing the context
of its adoption, examining its key provisions and their concrete implications for enhancing
the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, and examining the progress
made in its adoption and implementation, while offering initial recommendations to
maximize the potential of this standard to strengthen responses to internal displacement in
Africa.
GE.14-12945
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