The United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)

The United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the main convention of international refugee protection. It was amended by the 1967 Protocol, which removed the geographic and temporal limits of the 1951 Convention and thus gave the convention universal coverage.

Convention website: https://www.unhcr.org/1951-refugee-convention.html

 

Convention:

• The United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
  • Status on the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)

 

Documents pursuant to the 1951-convention:

• The 1967 Protocol to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
  • Status on the 1967 Protocol on the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees