Friday, May 14, 2021

Special Issue: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

The latest issue of the Journal of African Law (Vol. 65, Supp. 1, May 2021) focuses on "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa." Contents include:
  • Special Issue: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
    • Romola Adeola, Lutz Oette, Olivia Lwabukuna, & Frans Viljoen, Introduction: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
    • Sara Palacios-Arapiles, Unfolding Africa's Impact on the Development of International Refugee Law
    • Fatima Khan & Cecile Sackeyfio, Situating the Global Compact on Refugees in Africa: Will it Make a Difference to the Lives of Refugees “Languishing in Camps”?
    • Francis M Deng & Romola Adeola, The Normative Influence of the UN Guiding Principles on the Kampala Convention in the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
    • Olivia Lwabukuna, The Responsibility to Protect Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
    • Romola Adeola, The Kampala Convention and the Protection of Persons Internally Displaced by Harmful Practices in Africa
    • Romola Adeola & Benyam D Mezmur, The Protection of Internally Displaced Children in Africa: A Doctrinal Analysis of Article 23(4) of the African Children's Charter
    • Romola Adeola, Frans Viljoen, & Trésor Makunya Muhindo, A Commentary on the African Commission's General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence under Article 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    • Gideon Muchiri Kaungu, Reflections on the Role of Ubuntu as an Antidote to Afro-Phobia