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Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Act

Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Act

Human Mobility
Legislation
2014
Year of publication
2014
Specific thematic area
Displacement
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Internal
Type of environmental driver
Disaster-related events, Generic references to climate climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
South-eastern Asia
Region
South-eastern Asia
Macro-region
Asia
Author/issuing body
Senate
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
B
Gender marker
B
Human rights marker
A

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.

Secs. 3, 4, 6

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.

Secs. 3, 4, 6

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.

Secs. 3, 4, 6

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).