Cyclone Nargis - Protection
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Human Rights Watch
Date of entry/update:
2008-06-05
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Cyclone Nargis - Protection
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Natural Disasters...
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Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of entry/update:
2008-06-04
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Cyclone Nargis - Protection
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English (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish also available)
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Description:
"Floods, earthquakes and storms have routinely displaced tens of thousands around
the world. Over the past few years, the international community?s response to
these catastrophes has become ever swifter and more sophisticated. Until very
recently, however, and in the rush to deliver life-saving aid, little attention was paid to
the rights of these displaced people.
The publication of these guidelines reflects an understanding of the need for the
humanitarian system to provide to the people on the front lines of disaster response
the guidance they need to ensure the protection of the rights of the people left homeless
by natural disasters.
This document is the result of a collaborative approach that took place over more than
a year. The Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of
Internally Displaced Persons, Mr. Walter Kälin, prepared draft Operational Guidelines
on Human Rights and Natural Disasters. These were shared with the members of the
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Working Group. Each member of the IASC WG contributed
its own expertise, operational experience and insights to the collaborative
process. This ensured that the final product is one that meets the needs of those affected
by disasters. This version of the Operational Guidelines was formally adopted by the
IASC WG at a meeting in Geneva on 9 June 2006.We want to thank all the members
involved for their work and participation.
The Guidelines are short and easily accessible. They are complemented by a Manual
that gives the human rights background which underpins them. The Manual also sets
out practical operational steps to provide humanitarian workers with examples of how
these Guidelines can best be implemented.
Human rights are as much a part of the lives of the people we are called upon to assist
and to protect as are their needs for food and shelter. For the first time, these
Guidelines will provide responders with the information they need to make a rightsbased
approach a part of the emergency response."
Walter Kaelin
Source/publisher:
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Date of publication:
2006-06-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-08-07
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Cyclone Nargis - Protection
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"In its resolution 1992/58, the Commission on Human Rights established the mandate on
the situation of human rights in Myanmar, which was then extended by the Human Rights
Council in its decision 1/102 and resolution 5/1.
In March 2008, by its resolution 7/32, the Council extended the mandate for one year. On
26 March 2008, Tomás Ojea Quintana (Argentina) was appointed as the new Special Rapporteur,
and he officially assumed the function on 1 May 2008.
The present report is a follow-up report on the status of implementation of Council
resolutions S-5/1 and 6/33, as requested by the Council in its resolution 7/31. In the report, the
Special Rapporteur focuses on the human rights issues pertinent to the current constitutional
process in the country, the developments with regard to the crackdown on the demonstrations in
September 2007, and the human rights impact of tropical cyclone Nargis. The report builds upon
the preliminary findings and further developments included in the previous report submitted to
the Council (A/HRC/7/24). Since the present report is his first to be submitted to the Council, the
Special Rapporteur also presents an overview of his methodology and programme of work in
discharging his mandate.
The Special Rapporteur would like to pay tribute to the victims of cyclone Nargis, present
his condolences to the families at this tragic time and convey to the people of Myanmar a
message of encouragement in the recovery phase of that natural disaster."
Source/publisher:
United Nations (A/HRC/8/12)
Date of publication:
2008-06-03
Date of entry/update:
2008-06-05
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Individual Documents
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Statements and reports by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to regular sessions of the Human Rights Council, Cyclone Nargis - Protection
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A Working Visit to Asia
by the Representative of the United Nations
Secretary-General on the Human Rights
of Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin
Walter Kälin
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of publication:
2005-03-00
Date of entry/update:
2008-06-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Cyclone Nargis - Protection
Language:
English
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