East African Community (EAC) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Bill 2013
Year of publication
2016
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border, Internal
Type of environmental driver
Disaster-related events
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Regional instruments Member countries
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Republic of
Sub-region
Eastern Africa
Region
Eastern Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse driversGCM Objective 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
13(1) Internally displaced persons shall be treated in accordance with the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, and the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons. 13(2) The Partner States shall grant entry and temporary residence to citizens of another Partner State which has been affected by disaster. 13(3) The Partner State affected by disaster shall bear the responsibility to cooperate with the hosting Partner State for the return of its citizens. 13(4) The Partner States shall to the extent possible facilitate family re-union and tracing.
Art. 13