b. The Universal Standard: the 1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Definition and the Statute of the UNHCR

  Treaties International Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 U.N.T.S. 150.Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 4 October 1967, 606 U.N.T.S. 267.   Soft Law Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/428 (V), 14, 14 December 1950.   Readings Core N. Robinson, Convention Relating to the Status of of Refugees: Its History, Contents and Interpretation, (New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1953).  

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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. The Universal Standard: the 1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Definition and the Statute of the UNHCR

 

Treaties

International

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 U.N.T.S. 150.
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 4 October 1967, 606 U.N.T.S. 267.

 

Soft Law

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/428 (V), 14, 14 December 1950.

 

Readings

Core

N. Robinson, Convention Relating to the Status of of Refugees: Its History, Contents and Interpretation, (New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1953).

 



Treaties

International

Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 U.N.T.S. 150.

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 4 October 1967, 606 U.N.T.S. 267.

Soft Law

Statute of UNHCR

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/428 (V), 14, 14 December 1950.

 

Readings

Core

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Convention Relating to the Status of of Refugees: Its History, Contents and Interpretation

N. Robinson, Convention Relating to the Status of of Refugees: Its History, Contents and Interpretation, (New York: Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1953).