African Convention Expands the Definition of Refugees, An
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Human Rights, Asylum, Refugees
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Ethiopia
- Date: September 10, 1969
Article abstract: African governments broadened the international refugee definition to include groups of people fleeing from generalized violence in all or part of their country of origin.
Summary of Event
The adoption of the 1969 Organization of African Unity (OAU) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of the Problem of Refugees in Africa was an important human rights event because it substantially broadened the legal refugee definition as it applied to millions of Africans. The narrower definition found in the 1951 U.N. Convention Relating to the...
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