Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Act
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
g. Internal displacement refers to the involuntary or coerced movement or relocation of persons, families, or communities from their areas of habitual abode and source of substance within the national borders, as a result of or in order to avoid or minimize the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized and/or organized violence, violations of human rights, implementation of development projects, natural, human-induced and human- made hazards.
SEC. 4. Scope. - This Act shall primarily provide for the protection of rights of IDPs during and after displacement, as well as their return, local integration or resettlement elsewhere. This Act shall likewise cover arbitrary internal displacement of civilians as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized and/or organized violence, violations of human rights, implementation of development projects, natural, human-induced and human-made hazards.
SEC. 6. Prohibited Acts of Arbitrary Internal Displacement. - The prohibited acts of arbitrary internal displacement shall include those committed: (...) d) in cases of natural, human-induced and human-made hazards, unless the safety and health of those affected require their evacuation.