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Kampala Convention, can durable solutions be achieved, for the benefit of both
displaced persons and host communities.
B.
1.
Recommendations
States
84.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that States effectively address internal
displacement on their respective territories and ensure that the Kampala Convention
is implemented at the national, regional and international levels.
2.
States Members of the African Union
85.
States Members of the African Union should, in accordance with article 3 (2) of
the Kampala Convention, ratify and implement the Convention. States of the
International Conference on the Great lakes Region should also implement the Pact
on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.
86.
Given that the Kampala Convention was drafted and negotiated with a view to
its implementation, States should continue to cooperate in joint efforts to, on the one
hand, ratify the Convention, and domesticate it, on the other. In this regard, and with
the support of the African Union, a working group should be established to support
the domestication of the Convention at the national level and to formulate a plan of
action for the region.
87.
The Special Rapporteur also recommends that States Members of the African
Union:
(a) Adopt comprehensive and detailed national instruments, institutional and
legal frameworks to address internal displacement, in accordance with the
Kampala Convention and informed as relevant by the AU Model Law; and
establish a coordination mechanism under the relevant ministry, involving all
stakeholders, including civil society organizations, for the development of
national policy;
(b) Develop strategies and take measures that contribute to the prevention of
internal displacement and the promotion of durable solutions in a timely
manner, including by building resilience and mitigating the negative impact
of displacement on the human rights of internally displaced persons,
recognizing that the measures shown to have a positive effect include
contingency strategies, early warning systems and community intervention
mechanisms, as well as mechanisms that strengthen the meaningful
participation of displaced persons in decisions that have an impact on their
lives;
(c) Integrate displacement and durable solutions into national development
plans;
(d) Adopt disaster preparedness and disaster management laws, and ensure that
existing laws on disaster preparedness are comprehensive in nature, so as
they encompass disaster risk reduction and management; proactive strategies
to prevent or minimize displacement; planned relocations, when appropriate;
pre-emptive internal migration, when this is based on sound national policies
and used as a coping mechanism in the case of slow-onset disasters; and
durable solutions;
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