OAU Convention definition

OAU Convention means the Organization of Africa Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, adopted in Addis Ababa on 10th September, 1969 and ratified by Kenya on 28th December, 1987;
OAU Convention means the Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU at its Sixth Ordinary Session at Addis Ababa on 10th September 1969;
OAU Convention means the convention governing specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of States and Government of the OAU at its Sixth Ordinary session at Addis Ababa on 10th September 1969; “Persecution” includes any threat to the life or freedom, or serious violation of human rights of a person on account of that person’s race, religion, nationality sex, political opinion or membership of a particular social group and as long as a person is threatened with any harm which can reasonably be seen as part of a course of systematic conduct directed against that person as an individual or as a member of a class of person, on account of race, religion, nationality, sex, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, that person is being persecuted for purposes of this Act;

Examples of OAU Convention in a sentence

  • The term “Refugee' refers to any person of Central African nationality or whose former usual residence was in the Central African Republic, and who has the status of refugee in Cameroon, as defined by the Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the status of refugees and its Additional Protocol of 31 January 1967 as well as the OAU Convention of 10 September 1969 governing Specific Aspects of Problems of Refugee in Africa.

  • Rwanda is party to the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and ratified the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention) in 2012.

  • The first ones, “refugees”, face situations recognized under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa; those recognized in accordance with the UNHCR Statute; individuals granted complementary forms of protection; or, those enjoying "temporary protection" (UNHCR, 2013).

  • It is a non-derogable norm of customary international law, since the prohibition is expressed in many international or regional legislative instruments246 and reflects 246 Article 6 ICCPR, article 2 (3) of the 1969 OAU Convention Governing Specific aspects of refugee Protection in Africa.


More Definitions of OAU Convention

OAU Convention means the Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of the Refugee Problem in Africa, done at Addis Ababa on 10th September, 1969 and ratified by Sierra Leone
OAU Convention means the Organization of the African Union Convention

Related to OAU Convention

  • STCW Convention means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 of the IMO, as it applies to the matters concerned taking into account the transitional provisions of Article VII and Regulation I/15 of the Convention and including, where appropriate, the applicable provisions of the STCW Code, all being applied in their up-to-date versions;

  • Warsaw Convention means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw, October 12, 1929, as amended, but not including the Montreal Convention as defined above.

  • ICSID Convention means the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States, done at Washington, March 18, 1965;

  • Geneva Convention means the Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the status of refugees, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967;

  • FRN Convention or “Eurodollar Convention” means that each such date shall be the date which numerically corresponds to the preceding such date in the calendar month which is the number of months specified in the Final Terms after the calendar month in which the preceding such date occurred, provided that: