Abstract
AbstractIn 2018 on the 20th anniversary of the 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (Guiding Principles), South Sudan moved forward with development of a national law, namely the “Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons Act 2019” for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons (IDPs), based on the Guiding Principles and the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention). Although the finalised draft legislation is yet to be adopted by the Government as at September 2020, the initiative represents an important step towards development of a legally binding national instrument of protection for IDPs. This chapter considers the process of developing the national law and how the draft national legislation provides for protection of IDPs.KeywordsInternally displaced personsInternal displacementLawProtectionSouth Sudan
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