Laws and Policies

The following global and regional documents on internal displacement are available:

Global Document (United Nations)

The UN Guiding Principles
on Internal Displacement
(1998)
Download the UN Guiding Principles

Regional Document (African Union)

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
(2009)
Download the Kampala Convention

Regional Document (African Union)

Protocol on the Protection and Assistance to
Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
(2006)
Download the African IDP Protocol