Displaced persons in Africa: profile of a regional predicament

Abstract

This study seeks to document in detail the regional predicaments of IDPs in the areas of humanitarian and human rights abuse, and to recommend means of redress through peaceful strategies. In an attempt to realize the central purpose of the study, the following objectives were pursued: - identifying the root causes, as well as patterns of displacement; - documenting the regional predicaments of internally displaced persons; - reviewing existing remedies within the present international instruments; - presenting existing gaps in the international and national instruments; - providing recommendations within the context of policy directives.