The Drafting of the 1969 Convention
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Chapter 2 begins with overviews of the Organization of African Unity and its 1969 Convention. The majority of the chapter is then devoted to sketching a drafting history of the 1969 Convention, which makes an important contribution to the historical record since the 1969 Convention has no official travaux préparatoires. The drafting history reveals that the initial impetus for a regional refugee instrument was to render international refugee law applicable in Africa and to address the issue of subversion. When the former was achieved in 1967 with the entry into force of the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, addressing refugee issues particular to Africa became the focus of the drafting initiative.
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