cooking, heating and lighting, sanitation and washing facilities, means of food
storage, refuse disposal, site drainage and emergency services.
9. Habitability - refers to adequate space and protection against cold, damp, heat, rain,
wind or other threats to health structural hazards and disease vectors. Physical
safety of occupants must be guaranteed.
10. Location - refers to the convenience of settlement in relation to access to
employment options, health care services, schools, child care centers and other
social facilities in both urban and rural areas.
11. Cultural Adequacy – refers to the consideration and respect to cultural identity and
expression. Adequate housing should respect and take into account the expression
of cultural identity and ways of life.
12. Survival – refers to the right to protection and special assistance pertaining to a
person’s right to life and the needs that are most basic to existence such as nutrition,
shelter, an adequate living standard and access to medical services.
13. Development - refers to the right to protection and special assistance concerning
the right to education, play, leisure, cultural activities and access to information,
freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
14. Protection - refers to the right to protection and special assistance to persons which
ensures their safeguard against all forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation,
including special care for vulnerable groups, safeguards for children in the criminal
justice system, and support and rehabilitation for vulnerable persons who have
suffered exploitation or abuse of any kind.
15. Participation - encompasses a person’s freedom to express opinions, to have a say
in matters affecting their own lives, to join associations and to assemble peacefully.
As their capacities develop, IDPs should have increasing opportunity to participate
in the activities of society.
16. Civil and Political and IHL Rights- refers to all sets of rights recognized under
various international and domestic laws. If violations are monitored, input the case
type and use the code provided. Identify the action taken by CHR and other
agencies or organizations.
Prepared by and Date – refers to the name and signature of a member/s of the CHR
Monitoring Team (COMT/RIT/RMT) who conducted and prepared the report. Date –
refers to the date when the report was submitted.
Verified by and Date – refers to the name and signature of the Monitoring Team leader
(MT-leader) assigned to monitor displacement. Date – refers to the date when the MTleader verified the report.
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