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a. Carrying out arbitrary displacement;
b. Hampering the provision of protection and assistance to internally
displaced persons under any circumstances;
c.
Denying internally displaced persons the right to live in satisfactory
conditions of dignity, security, sanitation, food, water, health and
shelter; and separating members of the same family;
d. Restricting the freedom of movement of internally displaced persons
within and outside their areas of residence;
e. Recruiting children or requiring or permitting them to take part in
hostilities under any circumstances;
f.
Forcibly recruiting persons, kidnapping, abduction or hostage taking,
engaging in sexual slavery and trafficking in persons especially
women and children;
g. Impeding humanitarian assistance and passage of all relief
consignments, equipment and personnel to internally displaced
persons;
h. Attacking or otherwise harming humanitarian personnel and resources
or other materials deployed for the assistance or benefit of internally
displaced persons and shall not destroy, confiscate or divert such
materials; and
i. Violating the civilian and humanitarian character of the places where
internally displaced persons are sheltered and shall not infiltrate such
places.
Article 8
Obligations relating to the African Union
1.
The African Union shall have the right to intervene in a Member State
pursuant to a decision of the Assembly in accordance with Article 4(h) of the
Constitutive Act in respect of grave circumstances, namely: war crimes,
genocide, and crimes against humanity;
2.
The African Union shall respect the right of States Parties to request
intervention from the Union in order to restore peace and security in
accordance with Article 4U) of the Constitutive Act and thus contribute to the
creation of favourable conditions for finding durable solutions to the problem
of internal displacement;
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