Kampala Convention Events

Seven African countries have now ratified the AU Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention). They are the Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Uganda, and Zambia. Fifteen are needed for the Convention to come into force. Two upcoming events aim to raise more awareness of the Convention and its role in protecting and assisting IDPs:

African Union Regional Consultative Meeting on the Implementation of the Plan of Action for the Outcomes of the AU Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, Lilongwe, Malawi, 17-18 March 2011 [info]

- Read the concept note, draft agenda and programme.

Reinforcing the International Legal Framework for Protecting and Assisting IDPs: The Kampala Convention, 22 March 2011 [info]

- Live seminar hosted by Harvard University's Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research. Registration is required for online participation.

[Photo credit: "African Union adopts major convention to protect and assist the internally displaced," UNHCR/J.Akena]

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