A/HRC/47/37
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 April 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-seventh session
21 June–9 July 2021
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Housing, land and property issues in the context of internal
displacement
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 housing, land
and property issues in the context of internal displacement. She analyses how these issues
can drive displacement, be a consequence of it and be an obstacle to durable solutions. The
Special Rapporteur looks at the impact of these issues on the human rights of internally
displaced persons and how they can be addressed.
GE.21-05281(E)