III.2.1.3.1 External aggression, occupation and foreign domination

Main Debates

  • What is the precise meaning of the terms ‘external aggression,’ ‘occupation,’ and ‘foreign domination’?
  • Are these enumerated events still relevant in today’s context?

Main Point

  • None of these enumerated events are defined in the OAU Convention - thus it is necessary to look to other areas of international law for their meanings

Treaties

  1. OAU, Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 10 September 1969, 1001 U.N.T.S. 45.

Readings

Core

  1. A. Edwards, ‘Refugee Status Determination in Africa’, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 14 (2006), pp. 211-216.

Extended

  1. T. Schreier, ‘The OAU Refugee Convention Definition’ in F. Khan and T. Schreier (eds), Refugee Law in South Africa, (Cape Town: Juta, 2014), pp. 78-80.
  2. M. Sharpe, ‘The 1969 African Refugee Convention: Innovations, Misconceptions, and Omissions’ McGill Law Journalvol. 58, no. 1 (2012), pp. 17-19.
  3. M. Rankin, ‘Extending the Limits or Narrowing the Scope? Deconstructing the OAU Refugee Definition Thirty Years On’, South African Journal of Human Rights, vol. 21, no. 3 (2005), pp. 421-429.