Nansen passport
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The Nansen passport was an internationally recognized identity document issued by the League of Nations in the interwar period to stateless refugees, enabling them to cross borders and rebuild their lives.
Aliases (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
League of Nations document
→
identity document → refugee document → travel document → |
| administeredBy |
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the League of Nations
→
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Nansen certificate
→
|
| appliesTo |
Armenian refugees
→
Assyrian refugees → Turkish refugees → displaced persons → refugees from the Russian Empire → stateless refugees → |
| associatedWith |
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
→
Nansen International Office for Refugees → |
| beneficiaries |
Armenian genocide survivors
→
Assyrian and other minority refugees → Russian refugees after the Russian Civil War → hundreds of thousands of refugees → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Switzerland
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|
| documentType |
non-national passport
→
substitute for national passport → |
| endTime |
1940s
→
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| grantedRights |
ability to obtain visas
→
permission to cross borders → right to reside temporarily in host countries → |
| headquartersLocation |
Geneva
→
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| historicalPeriod |
interwar period
→
|
| inception |
1922
→
|
| influenced |
1951 Convention Travel Document for refugees
→
later international refugee travel documents → |
| introducedBy |
Fridtjof Nansen
→
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → |
| issuedBy |
League of Nations
→
|
| language |
multiple languages depending on issuing authority
→
|
| legalStatus |
internationally recognized identity document
→
|
| namedAfter |
Fridtjof Nansen
→
|
| notableFor |
being one of the first international mechanisms to protect stateless persons
→
pioneering international refugee protection → |
| purpose |
to enable international travel for stateless persons
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to facilitate border crossing for refugees → to help refugees rebuild their lives → to provide identity papers for stateless refugees → |
| recognizedBy |
many European states
→
numerous League of Nations member states → some non-European countries → |
| replacedBy |
Convention Travel Document under the 1951 Refugee Convention
→
|
| startTime |
1922
→
|
| status |
defunct
→
|
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Nansen Medal
→
Nansen Refugee Award → |
relatedTo |
|
Nansen passport
("Nansen certificate")
→
|
alsoKnownAs |
|
Fridtjof Nansen
("Nansen passport for stateless refugees")
→
|
knownFor |
|
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
("Nansen passport system")
→
|
notableWork |
|
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
→
|
uses |