b. Definition

  Main Debates Interpretive Method: Original Intent v. Evolving Interpretation - Should There Be a "Fixed" or "Expanding" Meaning? Re-Defining Refugee:  Controversies over Expanding the Definition to Meet Protection Needs Not Foreseen in 1951   UNHCR Documents UNHCR, 'The International Protection of Refugees: Interpreting Article 1 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees', April 2001.  

About the Reader

Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context


Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection


Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection


Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law

b. Definition

 

Main Debates

Interpretive Method: Original Intent v. Evolving Interpretation - Should There Be a "Fixed" or "Expanding" Meaning?

Re-Defining Refugee:  Controversies over Expanding the Definition to Meet Protection Needs Not Foreseen in 1951

 

UNHCR Documents

UNHCR, 'The International Protection of Refugees: Interpreting Article 1 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees', April 2001.

 



UNHCR Documents

The International Protection of Refugees: Interpreting Article 1 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

UNHCR, 'The International Protection of Refugees: Interpreting Article 1 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees', April 2001.