Looking forward: addressing new challenges and consolidating gains 2011, para. 55
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As the first, and thus far only, legally binding regional instrument on internal displacement, the adoption of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention) in October 2009 is a major achievement. It represents the will and determination of African States to address the problem of internal displacement in Africa, which is home to 12 million internally displaced persons, and over 40 per cent of all IDPs worldwide who have been displaced due to conflict or violence.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2011
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Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2011), A/HRC/16/43, para. 55.