1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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United Nations treaty human rights treaty international treaty refugee law instrument

The 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees is an international treaty that removed the temporal and geographic limits of the 1951 Refugee Convention, extending its protections to refugees worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees	3
1967 Refugee Protocol	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ human rights treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ refugee law instrument ⓘ
administeredBy	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
adoptedOn	1967-01-31 ⓘ
aimsTo	adapt refugee protection to post-1951 refugee situations ⓘ ensure universal coverage of the 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
bindingOn	States that have ratified or acceded to it ⓘ
category	United Nations General Assembly treaties ⓘ refugee treaties ⓘ
defines	scope of application of the 1951 Refugee Convention after 1951 ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1967-10-04 ⓘ
extendsProtectionsOf	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
extendsProtectionTo	refugees worldwide ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	non-discrimination in treatment of refugees ⓘ non-refoulement obligations via the 1951 Convention ⓘ
maintains	definition of refugee in the 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
modifies	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
monitoredBy	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
obliges	States parties to apply core provisions of the 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
officialName	1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
openForSignatureAt	New York City ⓘ
openForSignatureBy	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ States parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
partOf	international refugee protection regime ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
recognizedBy	customary international law commentators as central to refugee protection ⓘ
relatedInstrument	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
relatesTo	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
removes	geographical limitation of the 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ temporal limitation of the 1951 Refugee Convention ⓘ
requires	accession or ratification by States ⓘ
shortName	1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1967 Refugee Protocol
subjectMatter	human rights ⓘ international refugee law ⓘ refugee protection ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

UNHCR → associatedWithTreaty → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → hasProtocol → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → modifiedBy → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → officialName → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → relatedTo → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) → relatedTo → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → shortName → 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1967 Refugee Protocol