GE.
10-10251 (E) 020210
Human Rights Council
Thirteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic,
social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Report of the Representative of the...
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GE.
10-10251 (E) 020210
Human Rights Council
Thirteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic,
social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the
human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin*
Addendum
Follow-up to the report on the mission to Georgia
(A/HRC/10/13/Add.
2)**
Summary
On 5 and 6 November 2009, the Representative of the Secretary-General on the
human rights of internally displaced persons carried out a visit to the Tskhinvali
Region/South Ossetia to follow up on his mission to Georgia in October 2008.
The
Representative had access to all the areas that he requested to see, including Tskhinvali,
Akhalgori District and Znauri District, and held open and frank consultations with the
South Ossetian de facto authorities.
As a result of the August 2008 conflict, 19,381 people were internally displaced
across the de facto border, while a
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