Link between resettling IDPs and broader reforms

By Titus Bittok

The internally displaced persons (IDPs) are so referred to for two reasons; the 1951 convention on refugees recognises displaced persons who have since fled their habitual residence and crossed over to another territory and, two, IDPs are localised owing to an internal disturbance bordering on conflict. Although the 1951 convention was largely geographical, OAU convention on refugees was a ground breaker.