Affaires humanitaires, réfugiés et personnes déplacées (HARDP)

HARDP seeks to provide continental direction to the achievement of durable solutions for addressing humanitarian crises caused by conflicts, man-made and natural disasters. This includes identifying and advocating for early warning and early interventions to address the root causes. It also includes pursuing actions to alleviate the plight of refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), including meeting their immediate protection and assistance needs and supporting conditions and activities for voluntary repatriation, as well as local integration and resettlement in and outside Africa. HARDP also coordinates the work of AU on the Special emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and famine in Africa (SEAF) as well as the AU Agenda on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport.