Durable Solutions to internally Displaced Persons in Ethiopia: An Assessment of the Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework
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2023-07
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Abstract
Internally displaced persons are forced to live in a dire situation while being
disproportionately vulnerable to variety of risks and human rights violations due to their
displacement. They are no longer having specific assistance and protection needs that are
linked to their displacement and can enjoy their human rights without discrimination
resulting from their displacement if and only if the implementation of durable solutions is
achieved.
This study was aimed to assess the adequacy of Ethiopian legal, policy and institutional
frameworks to find and implement durable solutions for IDPs. The study also examines the
steps taken by the government so far to implement durable solutions for IDPs. In doing so,
the mixed methodology of both doctrinal and empirical legal research has been employed.
The study’s key finding is that, the failure of Ethiopia to domesticate the Kampala
Convention, the absence of specific national policy on durable solutions as well as institution
responsible to find and implement durable solutions are impediments for the achievement of
durable solutions for IDPs in Ethiopia. There has to be a comprehensive strategy on durable
solution that aims at achieving durable solutions for IDPs through an integrated approach of
ending the causes of the displacement, considering those factors affecting the return,
resettlement and local integration of IDPs as well as assuring that the needs and
vulnerabilities specific to IDPs no longer exist. Specific national institution designated for
the task of finding and implementing durable solutions for IDPs is also necessary.
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Durable Solutions to internally Displaced, Persons in Ethiopia, Assessment of the Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework