This article traces the contributions of African states to the development of international refugee law and explores the role African human rights supervisory bodies have played in the interpretation and application of this field of law. While Africa's contributions to international refugee law are often overlooked, this article sets out to identify Africa's involvement in the drafting process of the UN Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol. It also explores the legal framework for refugees in Africa, in particular the OAU Refugee Convention and the Bangkok Principles on Status and Treatment of Refugees, and the extent to which these two instruments have enriched international refugee law. The article argues that some of their provisions may provide evidence of customary rules of international law. Lastly, it examines some of the authoritative pronouncements made by African human rights supervisory bodies, in so far as they adopt a progressive approach to interpreting the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers.

本文追溯了非洲国家对国际难民法发展的贡献，并探讨了非洲人权监督机构在解释和适用这一法律领域中所发挥的作用。尽管人们常常忽略了非洲对国际难民法的贡献，但本文旨在确定非洲是否参与了《联合国难民公约》及其1967年《议定书》的起草过程。它还探讨了非洲难民的法律框架，特别是非统组织《难民公约》和《曼谷关于难民地位和待遇的原则》，以及这两项文书在多大程度上丰富了国际难民法。该文章认为，它们的某些规定可能为国际法习惯规则提供证据。最后，