3rd AUC - NANHRI Policy Dialogue on "the Contribution of NHRIs to durable solutions to forced displacements in Africa"

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PARTICIPATION OF ACDHRS IN THE 3rd AUC – NANHRI POLICY FORUM

The Annual Policy Forum on the State of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Africa is a joint initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI).

The Forum seeks to provide a structured space for developing strategic collaborations, vital information and ambitious goals for the future of African National Human Rights Institutions. The dialogue includes political discussions between the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the African Union (PRC), African NHRIs, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), academic institutions, the media and other parties regional and national stakeholders, as well as development partners.

The 3rd AUC-NANHRI Policy Forum on the State of National Human Rights Institutions in Africa was held from 5-6 September 2019 at the African Union Headquarter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Keys Messages from the Forum
1. As Durable Solutions to Forced Dispacements in Africa, Repatriation and deprtation should not be the default solutions to forced displacement victims. African National Human Rights Institutions must lead in the dialogue of ‘nationalising’ refugees into the host communities.

African National Human Rights Institutions in collaboration with other stakeholders like CSOs need to hold governmentsts accountable through encouraging rafitication of international, regional commitments, & monitoring adherence to human rights standards for all for Durable Solutions to Forced Dispacements in Africa.
African National Human Rights Institutions need to work with partners and communities in crafting early warning signs mechanisms to avert crisis instead of responding when matters are out of hand. This is one of their core roles in contributing to Durable Solutions to Forced Dispacements in Africa.
African National Human Rights Institutions should advise the government, especially parliament to not only domesticate, but implement the AU Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) for Durable Solutions to Forced Dispacements in Africa.
African National Human Rights Institutions need to collect comprehensive data to guide policy and legal inteventions towards Durable Solutions to Forced Dispacements in Africa. Data is key in influencing decsion making towards adoption of legal reforms.