Strengthened Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa: The Kampala Convention Comes Into Force
Introduction
On December 6, 2012, the worldâs first regional treaty on internal displacement came into force. Adopted in Kampala, Uganda, during an October 2009 Special Summit of Heads of State and Government on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the âKampala Conventionâ) has been signed by thirty-six African states and ratified by fifteen.[1]