Emerging Issues in Internal Displacement in Africa (eBook)

This book focuses on emerging issues related to internal displacement in Africa. The six principal issues discussed are climate change, technology, xenophobia, harmful practices, generalized violence and development projects. Increasingly, the need to understand the root causes of the dimensions of internal displacement and the dimensions in which this displacement manifests have become a pertinent rhetoric in the discussion on internal displacement. Therefore, this monograph examines emerging issues for which there is very little in the internal displacement discussion, with the aim of providing knowledge within African regional contexts to advance law and policy formation. The novelty of this book lies in the fact that it moves beyond the conventional discussion on internal displacement into grey areas on the subject in Africa, leveraging the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (the Kampala Convention). This book will be a significant reference point for researchers, professors, practitioners, judges, policy makers, international organizations, regional bodies, lawyers and scholars in the fields of migration, forced migration, and regional institutions.

Dr. Romola Adeola is a Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria in South Africa and Senior Affiliate on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. Dr. Romola coordinates the Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa (GENIDA).