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OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa

OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa

Human Mobility
Legislation
1974
Year of publication
1974
Specific thematic area
Refugee
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Displacement, 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
Author/issuing body
Organization of African Unity (OAU)
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

events seriously disturbing public order

Art. I(2)

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).