Responding to Internal Displacements in Ethiopia: Normative and Institutional Aspects
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa Unversity
Abstract
Internal displacement which is caused by conflict has become an ongoing phenomenon in
Ethiopia. Ethnic based conflicts accompanied by armed attacks and armed conflicts have
caused mass displacements in various areas of the country.
In view of this, this study has attempted to critically analyze the existing normative and
institutional frameworks in responding to the problem of IDPs in Ethiopia. The study finds
that though Ethiopia ratified the Kampala Convention, there is neither a legal nor policy
framework that gives domestic effect to the Convention. Other existing normative
frameworks also do not comprehensively respond to the specific needs of IDPs.
Institutionally, both governmental and non-governmental organizations mainly focus on
emergency responses than that of preventing internal displacements and providing lasting
solutions to IDPs in the country. Thus, this study suggests for development of a
comprehensive normative framework as well as measures of preventing and providing
lasting solutions to the problems of IDPs in Ethiopia.