Declaration on the 2019 Theme of the Year on “Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards durable solution to forced displacement in Africa”

Published: 10/Feb/2020
Source: African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government

Assembly of the African Union Thirty-Third Ordinary Session

09-10 February 2020

Assembly/AU/Decl.1(XXXIII)

33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 9-10 February 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Declaration on the 2019 Theme of the Year on “Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards durable solution to forced displacement in Africa”

WE, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, meeting at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 9-10 February 2020

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Guided by the vision of our Union and affirming our determination to address the root causes of forced displacement and humanitarian crisis in line with international and regional standards;

WE HEREBY

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REQUEST the Specialized Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to finalize the Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Specific Aspects on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa and present it to consideration and adoption by 34th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly;

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Download: https://au.int/en/decisions/decisions-declarations-and-resolution-thirty-third-ordinary-session-assembly-union

Themes: African standards, Statelessness
Regions: Pan Africa
Year: 2020