Thai authorities are continuing to place refugees and asylum seekers at risk of torture by forcibly returning them to China, ...

Except where this Convention contains more favourable provisions a Contracting State shall accord to refugees the same treatment as is ... Article 7 Personal status 1. The personal status of a refugee ...

As severe climate events increase, so does the number of climate refugees—people driven from their homes by extreme weather ...

They become refugees when they cross borders and seek safety in another country. They are displaced when they are forced to flee their homes, but remain within the borders of their native country. The ...

This is a different status from being called a “refugee,” a category designated by the justice minister based on the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Signed in 1951, the ...

In the case of UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees – Netanyahu would not get his ...

New laws contravene the absolute inviolability of UN bodies and may warrant a binding opinion by the International Court of Justice or suspension from the General Assembly ...

GENEVA – The Republic of South Sudan has taken a major step towards eradicating statelessness in the country by acceding yesterday to two key treaties – the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of ...

Under the program, the government scrutinizes each application for refugee status according to the definition of refugees under the convention to determine whether the individual “has a well ...

Asylum seekers say they are refugees and have fled their homes as refugees do, but their claim to refugee status is not yet ... The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol help protect ...

The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday welcomed South Sudan accession to two key treaties aimed at eradicating statelessness On Tuesday South Suda ...