Abstract
The impact of the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
Highlights
With a third of the world’s 40 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the African continent, the need for an adequate response to the protection and assistance of IDPs has resonated significantly.[1]
In 2014 and 2015 joint workshops were held by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) to build national strategies for the protection of IDPs based on the Kampala Convention
This article reflects on the impact of the Kampala Convention over the last decade
Summary
In 2009 the African Union Assembly adopted the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention). The adoption of the Kampala Convention was in response to the protection and assistance of persons displaced within the borders of the state. While there was a regional instrument that dealt with the protection of persons displaced outside state borders, the gap in the protection of persons displaced internally within state borders prompted the adoption of the framework. Hailed as a binding regional response to a global challenge, the Kampala Convention has emerged as an important framework since adoption. There is scant information and discussion about its impact on the protection and assistance of internallydisplaced persons.
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