1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

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The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the core international treaty that defines who qualifies as a refugee and sets out their rights and the legal obligations of states to protect them.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations convention ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
refugee law instrument ⓘ
abbreviation CSR51 ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionCountry Switzerland ⓘ
adoptionDate 1951-07-28 ⓘ
adoptionPlace Geneva ⓘ
articleCount 46 ⓘ
category United Nations human rights treaties ⓘ
refugee conventions ⓘ
corePrinciple non-refoulement ⓘ
defines obligations of states towards refugees ⓘ
refugee ⓘ
rights of refugees ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate 1954-04-22 ⓘ
fieldOfLaw international human rights law ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
public international law ⓘ
fullName Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
hasProtocol 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
limitedBy geographical limitation to events in Europe (originally) ⓘ
temporal limitation to events occurring before 1 January 1951 (originally) ⓘ
modifiedBy 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
monitoredBy United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ
linked to: UNHCR
obliges state parties to protect refugees ⓘ
prohibits expulsion of refugees to territories where their life or freedom would be threatened ⓘ
purpose to establish minimum standards for the treatment of refugees ⓘ
to provide international protection for refugees ⓘ
relatedInstrument International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
relatedOrganization UNHCR Executive Committee ⓘ
setsOut civil rights of refugees ⓘ
duties of refugees towards host states ⓘ
economic rights of refugees ⓘ
legal status of refugees ⓘ
social rights of refugees ⓘ
shortName 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
Refugee Convention ⓘ
subjectMatter international refugee law ⓘ
refugee protection ⓘ

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UNHCR → associatedWithTreaty → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → shortName → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → shortName → Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → fullName → Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → relatesTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → modifies → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → extendsProtectionsOf → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → relatedInstrument → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Refugee Act of 1980 → alignsWith → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Refugee Act of 1980 → harmonizesDefinitionWith → United Nations definition of refugee ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand → appliesLaw → Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
General Comment No. 4 on article 3 of the Convention → linkedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
Global Compact on Refugees → reaffirms → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
Global Compact on Refugees → doesNotReplace → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
Dublin Regulation → relatedTo → Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany → includes → Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Refugee Convention) ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Dutch foreign policy during the European migrant crisis → isGuidedBy → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Japan) → relatedTo → Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
National Council for Refugees (Brazil) → appliesLaw → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
subject linked to: National Council for Refugees
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
National Asylum Court → appliesLaw → Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
subject linked to: national asylum court
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Public Law 96-212 → alignsWith → 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (definition and standards) ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Treaties of Australia → includes → Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Global Compact on Refugees → complements → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
subject linked to: GCR
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
UN General Assembly resolution 73/151 → reaffirms → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
UN General Assembly resolution 71/1 → reaffirms → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
Dublin Convention → relatedTo → Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Common European Asylum System → basedOn → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
subject linked to: CEAS
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Article 78 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union → basedOn → Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Asylum Act of Switzerland → basedOn → 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons → relatedInstrument → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ