Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva, 28 July 1951)
(Signatories: 144; Parties - Convention: 145; Parties - Protocol: 146)
Definition of Refugee Article 1 of the Convention) “A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.” |
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (New York, 28 September 1954)
(Signatories: 23; Parties: 91)