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The 1951 Refugee Convention


Revitalizing Refugee Protection: How the Global Compact effectively ...

Almost 75 years since the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention laid the legal foundations for refugee protection, UNHCR's Assistant High ...

1 The Genesis and Development of Article 1 of the 1951 Refugee ...

So why then, if refugees represented such a broad array of people, did the definition contained in the 1951 Convention maintain that a person fleeing a natural.

From the 1951 Convention to the 1967 Protocol - Refugee History.

From the 1951 Convention to the 1967 Protocol: how the refugee regime was globalized. Benjamin Thomas White.

73 years of the Refugee Convention | By UN Geneva - Facebook

Tomorrow marks the 73rd anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, the cornerstone of refugee protection, which has saved and protected the ...

Revisiting the 1951 Refugee Convention - Global Policy Journal

The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees was the first comprehensive attempt to define refugees and charted a detailed guideline for host ...

Recommendations issued to protect asylum seekers and ensure ...

The UK Parliament hosted a web conference today marking the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention and urging greater European solidarity and ...

Recognising Palestinian Refugees: Applicability of Article 1D of the ...

The aim of the Convention was to ensure the “continuity of protection” for Palestinian refugees. For this reason, it provided that Palestinian ...

Non-signatory States and the international refugee regime

The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol form the foundation of the international refugee regime, namely the legal norms ...

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 international borders ...

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

[iv] According to the Article I (2) of the OAU Convention, refugee is also any person compelled to leave his/her country owing to external ...

Are 'Climate Refugees' Compatible with the 1951 Refugee ...

Tuvalu is one of many countries currently being impacted by climate change. The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951), commonly ...

UN Refugee Convention, 1951 | Stateless Histories

The core principle of the Refugee Convention is a commitment to non-refoulement: that is, the principle that refugees could not legitimately be returned to a ...

the 1951 convention - and its 1967 protocol - UNHCR

Refugees are among the most vulnerable people in the world. The 1951 Refugee. Convention and its 1967 Protocol help pro- tect them. They clarify the rights ...

The Refugee Convention

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (commonly known as the Refugee. Convention) is the main international treaty concerning refugee ...

Time to Withdraw from the U.N. Refugee Treaty

The key threat the Refugee Convention and Protocol pose to US (or any nation's) sovereignty comes in the form of asylum, rather than refugee resettlement ...

UNHCR's Promotion of the 1951 Refugee Convention

The 'universal' accession to the 1951 Convention that was sought by UNHCR in the late 1990s has proven almost impossible to achieve. New states parties to the ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention: Pragmatic Solutions to the ...

With special attention to the plight of children in mandatory detention, she will explore ad hoc solutions emerging from civil society, NGOs, ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention and Protocol - Facing History

The cornerstone of the 1951 Convention is the principle of non-refoulement contained in Article 33. According to this principle, a refugee ...

UN Refugee Convention 1951 - BYJU'S

The foundation of the 1951 Convention is the principle of non-refoulement. As per this principle, a refugee should not be returned to a country where they face ...

Convention grounds for persecution - European Commission

1(A) of the Geneva Refugee Convention is the existence of a causal link between the reasons for persecution, namely race, religion, nationality, political ...