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Basic Definitions

The Basic Definitions page answers the following questions:

Who is a refugee?
What are the key legal documents?
What is refugee status?
How is the term misused?
What makes a refugee different?
What other people are of concern to UNHCR?

Basic Obligations

The Basic Obligations page answers the following questions:

What is the Convention and what obligations does it place on the State and the refugee?
International Obligations?
Refugees' Obligations?
States' Obligations?
1951 UN Refugee Convention, the 1967 Protocol and UNHCR.
Article 33 – the principle of non-refoulment

The 1951 RefugeeConvention

1951 Convention Q&A
The most frequently asked questions about this key treaty.

Refugee Protection in International Law
Papers on key issues in the interpretation of the 1951 Convention, published in one volume.

Refugee Convention countries in this region

Convention Plus
Questions and Answers on the initiative by the High Commissioner, relating to multilateral special agreements complementing the 1951 Convention, and other Forum documents.

UNHCR Statute
UN General Assembly resolution establishing the High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees as of 1 January 1951.

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