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International Refugee Law: Definitions and Limitations of the 1951 ...

Such limitations were removed sixteen years later with the adoption of the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees. Therefore, it is ...

The Refugees Convention: why not scrap it? - Chatham House

One of the major bases for criticism of the 1951 Convention is in relation to the definition of who is and is not a refugee; the definition reflected the ...

The neglected colonial legacy of the 1951 refugee convention - Abuya

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention) was meant to rectify this. It enshrined the right to seek asylum in ...

Q&A: OAU Convention remains a key plank of refugee protection in ...

Adopted in a context of decolonization struggles across the continent, the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention is considered the most generous and ...

Legal protection frameworks - Forced Migration Review

For more than 60 years the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Refugee Convention) has provided the cornerstone of international ...

Asylum & the Rights of Refugees

The 1951 Convention establishes the definition of a refugee as well as the principle of non-refoulement and the rights afforded to those granted refugee status.

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees | OHCHR

The present Protocol shall be open for accession on behalf of all States Parties to the Convention and of any other State Member of the United Nations or member ...

Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in ...

It builds on the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol and it has influenced the 1984 Cartagena Declaration and the 2009 Kampala Convention. The 1969 ...

Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in

Member States undertake to apply the provisions of this Convention to all refugees without discrimination as to race, religion, nationality, membership of a ...

10-Minute Talks: The 1951 UN Refugee Convention: its origins and ...

Another core principle enshrined in Article 33 of the Refugee Convention is that of non-refoulement, which commits contracting states not to ...

OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee ...

Date of Adoption: September 10, 1969. Date of last signature: May 19, 2016. Date entry into force: January 20, 1974.

The End of the 1951 Refugee Convention? Dilemmas of ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol are the main legal documents governing the movement of refugee and asylum seekers across ...

OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee ...

OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at its Sixth Ordinary ...

The Supervision (or Not) of the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention

How the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is supervised is presented within this Supervisory Model, by way of background.

Addis Ababa, 1969: The Convention on the Specific Aspects of ...

This UN-agreement had linked refugee status to an individual's ability to prove a personal, subjective “fear of persecution.” The OAU Convention instead ...

a legal review of the 1969 oau refugee convention governing ... - jstor

was required in the African context were not covered within the 1951. Convention itself points to the deficiency in even this relationship. Therefore, the task ...

In flight from conflict and violence : - Berkeley Law

Relationship between the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1969 OAU Convention on Refugees: a historical perspective Bonaventura Rutinwa; 4. The 1969 OAU ...

Temporary Protection, Derogation & the Refugee Convention

its relationship with the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ... African Union) 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee.

BOTSWANA - UPR info

1 Botswana ratified the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa ... 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the ...

Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants - Amnesty International

The 1951 UN Refugee Convention (and its 1967 Protocol), which protects refugees from being returned to countries where they risk being persecuted; The 1990 ...