1	"U.S" U.S. Human Rights Policy for Displaced People vs. U.S. Responses to Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
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3	"More than 1,600 Gulf Coast..." More than 1,600 Gulf Coast residents have died 750,000 Gulf Coast households are displaced Displaced Gulf Coast residents have a suicide rate that is twice the national average $100 billion in tax-payer funded hurricane response contracts have not rebuilt damaged homes, public hospitals/ clinics, public schools, and adequate flood protection infrastructure Increasingly destructive weather conditions will cause more people to be displaced & compel reform in U.S. response to addressing human needs
4	Toward an Anti-Racist, Just & Sustainable Rebuilding “The right to return” galvanized coalition-building among local residents and groups with national and international partners. How can it be applied to coalition advocacy?
5	United Nation’s Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (1998) Special protection for internally displaced persons (“IDPs”) Definition: IDPs are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.
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7	U.S. Commitment to Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Assistance Provide housing, food, water, sanitation systems, and healthcare Access to education, training, microcredit, legal documents, trauma counseling, locating families, support to improve self-reliance
8	U.S. Commitment to Internally Displaced Persons Return and Transition Assistance Provide transportation to return home Help to reclaim land an d rebuild houses and businesses Support to establish accountable local governance and stronger civil society Safeguard the rights of female-headed households
9	U.S. Commitment to Internally Displaced Persons Long-Term Development Assistance Construct infrastructure, health systems, and schools Develop modes of transportation and transportation routes Support access to vocational training and business loans
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11	Human Rights of Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has failed to redress the criminalization of African American evacuees and the abuses by police and military failed to investigate the evacuation of local prisons, where inmates reported being abandoned
12	Human Rights of Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has paid enormous amounts of taxpayer dollars to contractors who do not perform any work allowed these contractors and sub-contractors to abuse, exploit, and discriminate against workers
13	Human Rights of Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has left thousands without temporary housing; padlocked undamaged public housing; broken agreements on housing assistance; moved local residents away from their communities
14	Human Rights of Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has replaced accountable governance with appointed commissions that control the rebuilding of Gulf Coast communities effectively deprived many displaced residents of their right to vote
15	Human Rights of Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has failed to re-establish public medical facilities, leaving thousands of people without access to health care
16	Human Rights of Displaced Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has failed to clean up contaminated sediment failed to properly manage waste reduction and debris disposal
17	Human Rights of Displaced Gulf Coast Residents Under Attack 9 months after Hurricane Katrina, our government has virtually eliminated public education, while subsidizing charter schools that can exercise selective criteria to exclude students
18	Stealing Communities Public – Private Partnerships Ganging Up on Displaced Residents Home rebuilding grants are designed to be just enough to make homeowners sell to developers No attempt to control skyrocketing rent Closed public housing and set new barriers Restoration work left to volunteers
19	In New Orleans, no welcome mats, but green circles
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