Cecilia Jimenez-Damary: Let me first thank the Special Rapporteur and the Chair of this Forum for providing me this opportunity to elaborate on the human rights of internally displaced persons particularly in relation to displaced minorities. As mentioned by my predecessor, many of IDPs around the around actually belong to minorities who have fled from their homes for a variety of causes. The draft recommendations on minorities in situations of humanitarian crises, emanating from the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Minorities and currently under consideration, are of interest to me particularly in relation to achieving durable solutions. Unfortunately, within humanitarian crises, achieving durable solutions for minorities is difficult for the reason of discrimination arising from the very causes of their displacement. It is therefore imperative that in order for minorities to achieve durable solutions, due attention should be given to those reasons for their displacement, particularly in relation to their discrimination because they are minorities. Within my own experience as a member of a national human rights institution, we found that an affirmative attention to human rights displaced minorities provided us with a firm analytical framework helpful in the contexts during the displacement as well as in the search for durable solutions. A particular process that may be useful especially in post-conflict situations are those related to transitional justice and reconciliation, as appropriate, which may contribute to resolving both causes of displacement and its consequences, International soft law standards provided by the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for internally displaced persons are grounded on the more concrete State obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. Therefore, in relation to displaced minorities, not only is the right to non-discrimination of minorities a foundational right, but the Framework provides certain criteria are that are benchmarks for the attainment of durable solutions. What are these criteria: Right to non-discrimination to the following:  Long-term safety, security and freedom of movement;  An adequate standard of living, including at a minimum access to adequate food, water, housing, health care and basic education;  Access to employment and livelihoods;

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