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Recommendation on the Situation of Refugees in Africa

The Forum on NGO Participation at the Ordinary Session of the ACHPR recommends:

That the Commission:

  • consolidates the African mechanisms for the prevention of conflicts;
  • promotes the avenue of peaceful resolution to conflicts which lead to the forced displacement of populations;
  • ensures the prompt implementation of  the memorandum of agreement between the ACHPR and HRC;
  • invites the NGOs concerned to contribute to the implementation of the objectives of the process;
  • organises a conference of  concerned parties in order to discuss the mandate and prerogatives of the focal point.

That the States:

  • reinforce the protection and free movement of asylum seekers and refugees through the proper enforcement of those national and international legal instruments geared towards optimum protection of human Rights;
  • provide safe havens for the displaced  population, for their ease of access to humanitarian assistance and restrict the risk of influx from neighbouring countries;
  • involve the authorities and communities in the handling of refugees and development programmes and  conflict  prevention in the  allocated zones;
  • to vigilantly ensure that the refugee camps do not serve as tactical withdrawal or  recruitment bases for armed groups and remain civilian bases.

 

Done in Banjul, May 20th, 2004

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