Publication

08 December 2014

The Kampala Convention two years on: time to turn theory into practice

The Kampala Convention two years on: time to turn theory into practice

Every year on 6 December, the African Union (AU) comes together to celebrate the anniversary of the Kampala Convention, which came into force in 2012. To commemorate the ground-breaking convention, the paper illustrates its achievements and how signatory countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mali, Zimbabwe and Cote d’Ivoire have taken different approaches to implementing its provisions.