DRC’s activities in the area of Displacement-related Law and Information concerns not only refugees but also other groups affected by displacement, including IDPs, returnees, and host communities as well as stakeholders who can significantly influence and/or has a responsibility to protect, respect and fulfil the rights of persons affected by displacement and conflict.

Many of the specific activities under Displacement-Related Law and Information that will be discussed in this section are activities that are often referred to as protection activities. With direct reference to the international legal framework and instruments, i.e. Human Rights law, International Humanitarian law, the Refugee convention and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (GPID) as well as relevant regional and national standards and policies, this area of intervention makes active and direct use of relevant legal standards to ensure that:

• Displaced and conflict-affected persons are aware of their rights
  
  
• Displaced and conflict-affected persons people are able to claim and enjoy their rights
  
  
• Responsible duty-bearers on their part are held to account
  
  
• Responsible duty-bearers are supported in protecting, respecting and fulfilling the rights of people.

Objectives
The overall objective of this sector of intervention is to prevent rights violation and protect the rights of the target group through making active use of and disseminating displacement-related law, legal standards and information.

This is done by targeting both the rights-holders/beneficiaries of DRC’s interventions, the responsible duty-bearers (state, authorities and non-state actors) and by addressing the relationship and interaction between the rights-holders and duty-bearers.

The specific objectives for this sector are:

• That beneficiaries/right holders are aware of their rights
  
  
• That beneficiaries/right holders are capacitated to claim and enjoy their rights
  
  
• That duty-bearers are capacitated to protect, respect and fulfil the rights of people
  
  
• That duty-bearers are held to account in order to promote that they live up to their obligations
  
  
• That the dialogue and interaction between duty-bearers on the one hand and the civil society and right-holders on the other is strengthened