Abbreviations AU – African Union CAR – Central African Republic DRC – Democratic Republic of Congo EAC – East African Community ECOWAS – Economic Community of West African States IDPs – Internally Displaced Persons IGAD – Intergovernmental Authority on Development IOM – International Organization for Migration M&E – Monitoring and Evaluation OAU – Organization of African Unity PSC – Peace and Security Council RECs – Regional Economic Communities RSD – Refugee Status Determination SADC – Southern African Development Community SDPs – Statelessness Determination Procedures TRC – Truth and Reconciliation Commission UN – United Nations UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Bibliography International Legal Instruments Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 UNTS 137 (entered into force 22 April 1954). Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 31 January 1967, 606 UNTS 267. Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, 28 September 1954, 360 UNTS 117. Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, 30 August 1961, 989 UNTS 175. UN Commission on Human Rights, Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, UN Doc E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2 (11 February 1998). Regional Instruments Organization of African Unity (OAU), Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, 10 September 1969, 1001 UNTS 45 (entered into force 20 June 1974). African Union, Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention), 23 October 2009 (entered into force 6 December 2012) <https://au.int/en/treaties/african-union-convention-protection-and-assistance-internallydisplaced-persons-africa>.