The Emerging Law of Forced Displacement in Africa

The first-ever continental binding treaty on internal displacement the African Union Convention on the Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (the Kampala Convention) entered into force on 6 December 2012. This book examines the development and implementation of this treaty on internal displacement. The book explores the responsibility of the State for the protection of IDPs in light of the Kampala Convention and how this relates to the notion of sovereignty. The status of ratification of the Convention is reviewed as well as the steps currently being undertaken by governments and other bodies to implement the Convention.