Main Debate
- Given that this enumerated appears to be the most flexible, can it be considered a potential catch-all?
Main Point
- ‘Events seriously disturbing public order’ should be interpreted broadly in order to align it to the OAU Convention’s emphasis on the need for an essentially humanitarian approach towards refugees.
Treaties
- OAU, Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 10 September 1969, 1001 U.N.T.S. 45.
UNHCR Document
- M. Sharpe, ‘The 1969 OAU Refugee Convention and the Protection of People Fleeing Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence in the Context of Individual Refugee Status’. January 2013, PPLA 2013/01 [Part of the Legal and Protection Policy Research Series for the Division of International Protection].
Readings
Core
- A. Edwards, ‘Refugee Status Determination in Africa’, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 14 (2006), pp. 216-228.
Extended
- T. Schreier, ‘The OAU Refugee Convention Definition’ in F. Khan and T. Schreier (eds), Refugee Law in South Africa, (Cape Town: Juta, 2014), pp. 80-85.
- 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.