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• Inter-American Commission (and Court) on Human Rights (page 171), citing ADRDM art. 11
• European Committee of Social Rights (page 198), citing ESC art. 11 or ESC (revised) art. 11
EMPLOyMENT.
IDPs have the right to seek opportunities for employment and to participate in economic opportunities
(Guiding Principle 22). IDPs also have the right to a safe and healthy workplace, and
to organize collectively within their workplaces. Issues concerning employment may generally be
brought to the attention of:
at the universal level
• Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (page 119), citing ESCR arts. 6 & 7
• International Labour Organization (page 136)
at the regional level
Thematic Roadmap
• African Commission (and Court) on Human and Peoples’ Rights (page 156), citing AfCHPR
art. 15
• Inter-American Commission (and Court) on Human Rights (page 171), citing ADRDM art.
14 and San Salvador Protocol art. 8
• European Committee of Social Rights (page 198), citing ESC arts. 1 & 2, or ESC (revised)
arts. 1 & 2
• European Parliament Committee on Petitions (page 208)
Discrimination is a frequent problem with regard to employment. Discrimination on the basis
of displacement, race, ethnicity, and gender may be brought to the attention of the mechanisms
described in the section on Discrimination (page 26). In particular, IDPs might consider
the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (page 124), citing CERD art. 5 and
the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (page 128), citing CEDAW
art. 11. IDPs who fall into poverty because of the inability to find appropriate employment might
consider informing the Independent Expert on Extreme Poverty (page 66).
PENSIONS,.UNEMPLOyMENT.SUPPORT.AND.OTHER.SOCIAL.
SECURITy
IDPs have the right to social support when they are not in a position to make their own living,
including in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age (e.g. pensions) or
other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond their control (UDHR art. 25). Issues concerning
these types of social protections may generally be brought to the attention of:
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