Abstract
Every year, millions of people are forced to flee their homes because of conflict and violence. The scale of displacement worldwide is increasing, and most of it is happening within countries’borders. The displaced population rose even more sharply, with 40.5 million people newly displaced as a result of conflict and violence in 149 countries including the Middle East and North Africa, as of 31 December 2020. The number of IDPs in Asia peaked in 2016 and decreased in 2017, but has continued to occur since then, resulting in an additional 12.1 million IDPs in 2020, accounting for 30% of the global number of IDPs. The state’s inability or unwillingness to protect its displaced, and the inability or unwillingness of the international community to sufficiently assist, is not unique to Asian countries. Recent activity of the. African Union (AU), the leading regional organization on the African continent, offers an innovative example of one such solution: framing the protection of and assistance to IDPs as a regional responsibility. The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention) establishes active involvement of neighboring states parties, local civil society organizations, and the AU itself. The UN Charter recognizes that matters related to the maintenance of international peace and security are handled through regional organizations and regional agreements based on the cooperative relationship between the UN system and regional organizations. Therefore, regional organizations can solve regional problems through cooperation with UN agencies. In the process, the opinions of member countries, regional organizations, civil society organizations, and legal experts should be reflected. In addition, if regional organizations take a regional approach to problems occurring in the region, peace and security in the region can be promoted through cooperation among countries on specific problems, so regional solutions, such as the AU's Kampala Convention, can provide solutions suitable for the internally displaced persons problem in Asia.
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