COURSES ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

"The IIHL-San Remo courses on IDP Law and Policy are an invaluable capstone in the capacity building of government authorities to fulfill the primary responsibility of States to protect IDPs based on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. As the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), I am particularly privileged to continue, and strengthen, my mandate's collaboration with the Institute to enable this mission, along with UN agencies and civil society and with heartfelt thanks to the donors. My gratitude goes to the competent people organising the course and its resource persons, while I encourage its hundreds of participants to apply their learnings in the course to actual change for the protection of IDPs. My mandate stands ready to provide assistance in this regard."