A/HRC/26/33 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; 20

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