AEC's Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community relating to Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment (AEC Free Movement Protocol)
Year of publication
2018
Specific thematic area
Migration
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Regional instruments Member countries
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bukina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep, Equatorial, Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Republic of, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sub-region
Multiple
Region
Multiple
Macro-region
Africa
Relevant GCM objective
- 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C
Article 24. Procedure for the Movement of Specific Groups States Party may in addition to the measures provided for by international, regional and continental instruments, establish specific procedures for the movement of specific vulnerable groups including refugees, victims of human trafficking and smuggled migrants, asylum seekers and pastoralists. Procedures established by a Member State under this article shall be consistent with the obligations of that Member State under the international, regional and continental instruments relating to the protection of each group of persons referred to in paragraph 1.
Art. 24