The Kampala Convention: a road map for action 2014, para. 31
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The adoption of the Kampala Convention in 2009 followed five years of consultations, drafting and negotiations by legal experts from States Members of the African Union. This African-led process emerged from the recognition and decision of the Executive Council of the African Union, in July 2004, that a separate and appropriate regional framework should be developed to protect and assist adequately internally displaced persons and to support durable solutions.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/26/33, para. 31.