CHR On-Site Actions and Immediate Response The immediate issues and needs of the IDPs were relayed by the team to NEOC during the NEOC: Disaster-Response Cluster meeting on 3 July 2017. Some of the initial recommendations includes148: ● The importance of conveying regular information and updates to IDPs on the situation and on the available services and interventions. ● On health, addressing illnesses of IDPs, ensuring services for pregnant and lactating women and for children and the elderly ● On camp management, ensuring registration and documentation of all IDPs, provision of more tents and tarps, ensuring compliance with standards of Women and Child Friendly Spaces ● On food and non-food items, the clamor of IDPs for food donations other than noodles and canned goods, and for uniformity and equal distribution of relief goods. ● The need to ensure smooth transition in the running of ECs from the Regional DSWD Regional Office 10 or the MSCWDO/CSWDO to the DSWD-ARMM. Recommendations: The Commission re-affirms its rights-based approach to support the return, transition, and resettlement of IDPs by adopting specific international frameworks, principles, and guidelines stated in the Human Rights Framework of this report. It also highlights the UNGPID’s “Nondiscrimination Principle” a fundamental principle which state that any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference of any kind which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise, on an equal footing, of any human rights should be avoided149. The Commission reiterates that concerned government agencies coordinate with each other, particularly those with separate geographical jurisdiction, in observance of the principle of Do No Harm; that they ensure people’s access to impartial assistance, in proportion to their need and without discrimination; that they protect people from physical and psychological harm arising from violence and coercion; and that they assist people to claim their rights, access available remedies, and recover from the effects of abuse150. In consideration for the environmental impacts of displacement, including impact to host community’s livelihood, economy, and public health, the following are the immediate and long-term recommendations of the Commission: Immediate Humanitarian Standards on Protection and Aid Provision on IDPs 148 See: Appendix I, for detailed recommendations sent directly to NEOC Response Cluster team on 6 July 2017. 149 Principle 4, UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. 150 Protection Principles, The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Responses, 2011. 30