Main Debate
- Does Article 3 of the OAU Convention adequately address issues of national security and social stability?
Main Points
- National security v. protection for refugees
- Freedom of expression v. international relations
Readings
Core
- G. Okoth-Obbo,‘Thirty Years on: A Legal Review of the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa’ Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 20,no. 1 (2001), pp. 128-135.
- J. Crisp, ‘Africa’s refugees: patterns, problems and policy challenges’, New Issues in Refugee Research, Working paper No. 28 (2000).
Extended
- M. Katzarova and A. Korkeakivi, African Exodus-Refugee Crisis, Human Rights and the 1969 OAU Convention: A Report of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1995).