Human Rights Due Diligence Policy Toolkit for IOM Activities

Human rights due diligence is an IOM obligation in line with the Human Rights Due Diligence Policy on United Nations Support to non-United Nations Security Forces (HRDDP) which specifically sets out the measures required to assess the human rights risk of support provided by United Nations entities to non-United Nations security forces. It aligns with IOM's institutional commitments to protect and uphold the human rights of all migrant populations by assessing the potential human rights impacts of IOM's activities.

This HRDDP toolkit for IOM activities provides practical guidance and equip users with tools to implement human rights due diligence. It is aimed at supporting staff in identifying and managing human rights risks for IOM projects, programmes and engagements. The guidance and tools in this toolkit are primarily concerned with the application of the HRDDP. However, the key human rights due diligence elements expressed throughout this toolkit are relevant for a range of human rights due diligence processes not specifically in relation to non-United Nations security forces, and useful for any staff, partner or donor that wishes to better understand the practical steps and theoretical concepts behind applying human rights due diligence to IOM’s work.

The toolkit includes background on the principles guiding human rights due diligence, its key objectives and the steps to be taken towards its systematic application.