Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2010
These Guiding Principles address the specific needs of internally displaced persons worldwide. They identify rights and guarantees relevant to the protection of persons from forced displacement and to their protection and assistance during displacement as well as during return or resettlement and reintegration.
UN Doc. E/CN./4/1998/53/Add.2 of 17 April 1998. The UN Human Rights Commission has taken note of these Guiding Principles. See its Resolution 1998/50 of 17 April 1998.