1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

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United Nations convention international treaty multilateral treaty refugee law instrument

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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Label Occurrences
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees canonical 10
1951 Refugee Convention 3
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 3

Statements (50)

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 International Bill of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: 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 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 UNHCR ⓘ
surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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 Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme ⓘ
surface form: 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 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Refugee Convention
subjectMatter international refugee law ⓘ
refugee protection ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → shortName → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Refugee Convention
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → fullName → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: 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 → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Refugee Act of 1980 → alignsWith → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention
Refugee Act of 1980 → harmonizesDefinitionWith → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations definition of refugee
Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand → appliesLaw → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Refugee Convention
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 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention
Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
Dublin Regulation → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany → includes → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Refugee Convention)