The Kampala convention and its contributions to international law : legal analyses and interpretations of the African union convention for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons / Mehari Taddele Maru.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maru, Mehari Taddele, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Africa.

Refugees.

Forced migration--Africa.

Forced migration.

Migration, Internal.

Human rights--Refugees--Africa.

Human rights.

Humanitarian assistance--Africa.

Humanitarian assistance.

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (2009 October 22).

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

The Hague, Netherlands ; Portland, Oregon : Eleven International Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons - known as the Kampala Convention - which entered into force on December 6, 2012. The book sets out the shortcomings of international law relating to internal displacement - more specifically, the 'protection gap.' The book shows how the Kampala Convention not only fills this 'protection gap,' but also how it contributes to the overall development of norms in international, regional, and national laws governing internal displacement. The book will be of interest to scholars of inter

Contents:

THE KAMPALA CONVENTION AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW: LEGAL ANALYSES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; DOCUMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS); 1.1.1 THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 1.1.2 THE ORIGINALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 1.2 THE PROBLEM OF PROTRACTED DISPLACEMENT

1.2.1 THE PLIGHT OF IDPS AND THE PROTECTION MECHANISM1.2.2 PROTECTION OF IDPS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE PROTECTION GAP; 1.3 THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 1.3.1 A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 1.3.2 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 1.4 AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; 2 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT; 2.1 MIGRATION DEFINED; 2.2 DISTINCTION BETWEEN VOLUNTARY AND FORCED MIGRATION; 2.3 MIGRATION AS A GLOBAL AGENDA; 2.3.1 THE END OF THE COLD WAR; 2.3.2 POLICY SHIFT: FROM ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONTAINMENT; 2.3.3 ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION, GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND FORCED MIGRATION

2.3.4 REVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY2.4 NEW CONCERNS ABOUT ISSUES OF FORCED MIGRATION; 2.5 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DISPLACEMENT: IDPS AND REFUGEES; 2.6 DEFINITION AND CAUSES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT; 2.7 SPECIAL NEEDS AND VULNERABILITIES OF IDPS; 2.8 THE PROTECTION GAP IN INTERNATIONAL LAW; 2.8.1 CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT; 3 THE CURRENT SITUATIONS AND PATTERNS OF DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA; 3.1 PROBLEMS WITH IDP-RELATED DATA; 3.2 CURRENT SITUATION OF DISPLACEMENT; 3.2.1 CONFLICT-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT (CID)

3.2.2 DEVELOPMENT-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT (DID)3.2.3 NATURAL DISASTER-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT (NDID); 3.2.4 MAN-MADE DISASTER-INDUCED DISPLACEMENT (MDID); 3.3 CURRENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA; 3.4 INTERNALLY DISPLACED CHILDREN, WOMEN, MINORITY GROUPS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE; 3.5 AFRICAN PROTRACTED DISPLACEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS; 3.5.1 IDP CAMPS; 3.5.2 HEALTH IN IDP CAMPS; 4 PREVENTION OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UNDER THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 4.1 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 4.1.1 ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

4.1.2 ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL, POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF IDPS4.1.3 STIPULATING AND CLARIFYING THE OBLIGATIONS OF VARIOUS ACTORS; 4.1.4 OFFERING LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION AND COOPERATION; 4.1.5 PRESSURE FROM COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION AND TRANSIT REGARDING REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS; 4.2 DEFINITIONS AND CAUSES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UNDER THE KAMPALA CONVENTION; 4.2.1 DEFINITION OF IDPS; 4.2.2 CAUSES OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UNDER THE KAMPALA CONVENTION

4.2.3 THE PROBLEM RELATED TO AN 'INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STATE BORDER'

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 19, 2014).

Contains:

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (2009 October 22)

ISBN:

94-6094-923-1

OCLC:

882259162