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In most situations, IDPs will have a choice between a number of different human rights mechanisms to address a particular human rights issue or set of issues. Some of them may be used simultaneously, while others may only be used alone or successively. The following “Thematic Roadmap” identifies mechanisms that IDPs and their advocates might consider with regard to a number of rights issues. In each category, the mechanisms are cited in the order of their appearance in the table of contents and not in any order of priority or preference. For some of the mechanisms, it is important to cite particular treaty provisions in making communications. In such cases, suggestions are cited here. Relevant provisions of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement are also provided and it may be helpful to cite them as well as supplementary support for a communication. Particular Groups of People Some of the mechanisms described in this guide are focused on particular groups of people and generally respond to the full range of their human rights. Only two specifically focus on IDPs as a target group, while others cover populations such as children, women, and minorities, who make up the majority of internally displaced populations world-wide. While use of these mechanisms may be appropriate in particular situations, IDPs and concerned NGOs should also look to the more general mechanisms that may be able to help these populations in the section on “Protection During Displacement,” page 30. IDPS This would be a very short guide indeed if it only described those international human rights mechanisms that specifically focus on IDPs. Nevertheless, the establishment of these two dedicated mechanisms has been a very important step at the universal and African regional levels toward focusing attention on the particular human rights issues of this group. They do not, however, generally take up the cases of individuals. at the universal level Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (page 60) at the regional level Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Displaced Persons in Africa (page 161)
CHILDREN Go To Part I II III IV V Children and women make up the majority of the displaced in most situations and it is usually children who suffer the most from being displaced. at the universal level • Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (page 94) • Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (page 97) • Committee on the Rights of the Child (page 131) • Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children in Armed Conflict (page 116) at the regional level • African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (page 169) WOMEN As noted above, women and children make up the majority of most displaced populations and tend to have unique protection needs. at the universal level • Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (page 97) • Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (page 91) • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (page 128) • Commission on the Status of Women (page 112) at the regional level • Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (page 164) • Inter-American Commission of Women (page 180) • Special Rapporteur of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the Rights of Women (page 179) MINORITIES.AND.INDIGENOUS.PERSONS Minorities and indigenous persons are disproportionately affected by internal displacement worldwide. at the universal level Thematic Roadmap • Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Guide to International Human Rights Mechanisms for Internally Displaced Persons and their Advocates 2
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