It also defines a refugee’s obligations to host countries and specifies certain categories of people, such as war criminals, who do not qualify for refugee status ... Convention which consolidated and ...

The basis for the right to return under international refugee law can be found in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereafter referred to as the Refugee Convention ...

They become refugees when they cross borders and seek safety in another country. They are displaced when they are forced to flee their homes, but remain within the borders of their native country. The ...

In July 2001 the international community marked the 50 th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. States will meet for the first time in ...

Disabled refugees can only refer to scattered provisions of conventions, instruments and international humanitarian law. According to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the legal ...

In recent years, individuals displaced by climate change have sought legal recognition as 'climate refugees' under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, adopted by the UN General Assembly ...

Asylum seekers say they are refugees and have fled their homes as refugees do, but their claim to refugee status is not yet ... The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol help protect ...

The UK government has been criticised for bringing in new guidance which effectively bans refugees who entered the country ...

India’s refusal to sign the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol exacerbates the suffering of Rohingya refugees. This omission leaves the refugees without ...

This is a different status from being called a “refugee,” a category designated by the justice minister based on the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Signed in 1951, the ...