HON. ROBERTO EUGENIO CADIZ Focal Commissioner Center for Crisis, Conflict, and Humanitarian Protection *MESSAGE* In the past decades, we have seen conflicts, disasters, and exploitative development projects encroach upon our communities, leading to massive displacement of civilians who are in need of humanitarian assistance. As the human rights discourse evolve in view of the changing times mired by crises and conflict, government and nongovernment agencies and the stakeholders themselves are now seeing the need to promote and protect the rights of individuals and communities affected by these difficult circumstances. The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is taking on this task of monitoring the protection and promotion of the human rights of crisis- and conflict-affected populations, particularly the internally displaced persons (IDPs), as undertaken by government and non-government humanitarian service providers through the CHR IDP Monitoring Tool. Carefully crafted to reflect the realities on the ground and pilot-tested in displacement areas across the country, this tool shall assist the Commission in documenting evidence-based information on displacement incidents, and movements and situations of IDPs. The processed data will be the basis in the crafting of policies, advisories and other interventions in the exercise of the Commission’s powers and functions. The publication of this document is very timely, considering the thousands of Filipinos who have experienced or continue to experience displacement to this day. I am hopeful that the publication and use of this monitoring tool will lead to a stronger realization of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (UNGPID) in the country. I congratulate the previous IDP Project Management Team, led by now UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs, Attorney Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, and the Center for Crisis, Conflict and Humanitarian Protection for the production and publication of the CHR IDP Monitoring Tool. iv