The Puntland Government respects and protects the right to be recognized as a person before the law for IDP women, girls, boys and men in accordance with the Constitution, international human rights and humanitarian law standards and shall:
a) Establish institutional mechanisms and facilitate procedures for issuing or reissuing essential documentation to IDPS; and
b) Identify, and when necessary modify, documentation requirements in domestic legislation relevant to the exercise of the fundamental rights of internally displaced persons.

The Puntland Government respects and protects the right to life, dignity and physical, mental and moral integrity, and the right of liberty and security of IDP women and girls, boys and men in accordance with the Constitution, international human rights and
humanitarian law standards, and shall:
a) Protect the inherent right to life by law;
b) Protect IDP women, girls, boys and men equally from attacks or other acts of violence, as well as assaults on their dignity and physical, mental or moral integrity;
c) Protect IDPs from discriminatory arrests and detention as a result of their displacement; and
d) Protect IDPs against discriminatory practices of recruitment into any armed forces or groups as result of their displacement. In particular, any cruel, inhumane or degrading practices that compel compliance or punish non compliance with recruitment are prohibited in all circumstances. Under no circumstance shall displaced children be recruited nor be required or permitted to take part in hostilities

Special measures must be taken to protect against displacement of minorities, pastoralists and other groups with a special dependency on, and attachment to, their lands

The Puntland Government respects and protects economic rights of all IDP women, girls, boys, and men, in accordance with the Constitution, international human rights, and humanitarian law standards and shall: a) Recognize the right to work and the right to social protection; and b) Take specific measures to protect IDPs against discrimination in the labor market and in access to social protection.

The Puntland Government respects and protects the right to freedom of movement and
choice of residence for IDP women, girls, boys and men in accordance with the Constitution,
international human rights and humanitarian law standards and shall allow IDPs to:
a) Move freely in and out of IDP settlements;
b) Seek safety in another part of the country;
c) Leave the country;
d) Seek asylum in another country; and
e) Be protected against forced return to or settlement in any place where their life, safety,
liberty and /or health would be at risk.

The Puntland Government commits itself, through the present Puntland Guidelines on Implementation of National IDP Policy:
(i) Protecting its nationals against arbitrary displacement;
(ii) Promoting the search for durable solutions to causes of displacement;
(iii) Facilitating the voluntary return, resettlement, integration and re-integration of IDPs;
(iv) Ensuring that every person, internally displaced or otherwise, receives information relating to these Guidelines.

The Puntland Government, recognizing its primary duty and responsibility to provide protection and assistance to IDPs within its jurisdiction, is committed to protect and assist IDPs, to the extent to which its capacity allows, in co-operation with the international community.

IDPs shall enjoy the same rights and freedoms as all other nationals and, in particular, should not be discriminated against in the enjoyment of any rights and freedoms on the grounds that they are internally displaced.

The Puntland Government recognizes the right of girls and boys to receive primary school education in accordance with the Constitution, international human rights and humanitarian law standards and shall:
a) Ensure IDP girls' and boys' equal access to free education or provide education on at least as favorable basis as for members of the host community; and
b) Abolish administrative obstacles that may unreasonably, and in a discriminatory manner, limit access to education for IDP girls and boys.

The Puntland Government respects and protects the rights to property and possessions of IDP women, girls, boys, and men in accordance with the constitution, international human rights and humanitarian law standards and shall:
a) Ensure that no one is arbitrarily deprived of property and possessions;
b) Recognizes the rights of IDPs to their abandoned property and possessions, including the right to protection, restitution and/ or compensation.