TRES/006/4/2015: RESOLUTION ON RIGHTS OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND IDPS

TRES/006/4/2015: RESOLUTION ON RIGHTS OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND IDPS
We, the participants of the Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the 30th African Human Rights Book fair held in Banjul, The Gambia from 16th to 19th April 2015;
Call upon the African Commission to:
1. Urge Member States to develop legislative frameworks that protect refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants against discriminatory practices;
2. Urge Member States to provide special protection for vulnerable groups refugees;
3. Urge State parties to come up with both short and long term supportive and protective measures including durable solutions for displaced persons in their countries;
4. Urge State parties to implement international and regional instruments protecting refugees and IDPs especially the Kampala Convention;
5. Actively popularise regional and international instruments that will assist, protect and support refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and other migrants;
6. Investigate and address all emerging cases of persecution of refugees;
7. Adopt a resolution urging State parties to ensure full protection of human rights and refugees rights in the process of combating terrorism.
Done in Banjul, The Gambia – 19th April, 2015