The African Union IDPs Convention
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 09:49
A unique opportunity to strengthen the protection of the internally displaced in Africa
At a Special Summit to be held in Uganda from 19-23 October, the African Union (AU) is expected to adopt a Convention for the Prevention of Internal Displacement and the Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in Africa [hereafter, the Convention]. The Convention would be the first international instrument of its kind and would send a signal to the rest of the world about the seriousness with which Africa, home to around half of the global total of internally displaced persons (IDPs), considers the issue [i].
World Refugee Day
Thursday, 18 June 2009 11:39
Decisive Action Needed by the African Union to Address Africa's Internal Displacement Crisis
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, 20 June, IDP Action urges the international community, especially the African Union (AU), to redouble its efforts to protect and assist Africa's 12 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Refugees within their own borders, IDPs benefit from few of the protections afforded to those who manage to cross an international border, suffer the same insecurity and deprivation, if not worse, and are around five times more numerous.
Attacks on national and international NGOs against the letter and the spirit of the African Union IDPs Convention
Friday, 20 March 2009 00:00
The campaigning group IDP Action today joins the chorus of civil society organisations condemning the actions of the government of Sudan in shutting down national NGOs and expelling international NGOs, all of which were providing vital and life-saving support to the country's five million internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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