Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2022

Source/Organization

Department of Social Inclusion of the Organization of American States and the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Abstract

The Guide on Multisectoral Responses for the Protection of Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons during and after the COVID19 pandemic is an initiative of the Department of Social Inclusion of the Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity of the Organization of American States (OAS) that offers a situational analysis and promotes a dialogue on proposals to address the particular needs of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons in the face of the emergency generated by COVID-19. It also seeks to define proposals with a post-pandemic perspective that provide multisectoral responses to address the needs of vulnerable populations.

This guide also documents the issues addressed in the panel series "Multisectoral Responses for the Protection of the Rights of Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic." This series of events, jointly organized by the Department of Social Inclusion of the OAS Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity and the Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL), aimed to bring together experts from various fields -international organizations, state authorities, civil society organizations, the academic sector, the media and people in vulnerable situations- to address and analyze the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the most vulnerable communities, particularly the media and people in vulnerable situations, from different perspectives, state authorities, civil society organizations, academia, the media and people in vulnerable situations - to address and analyze from different perspectives the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the most vulnerable communities, particularly migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons in the region.

The cycle comprised seven sessions, each dedicated to a specific sector for the protection of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons: international organizations; bodies pertaining to the Inter-American system and national human rights institutions; States; civil society organizations; academia and think tanks; migrants, internally displaced persons, and refugees; and the media. In all the sessions, the reflections revolved around three thematic axes: challenges, the process of adapting to the pandemic situation, the actions undertaken by different actors, and recommendations for the effective attention to the needs of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons.

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