Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

Headings: 
Key Treaties and Texts
Migration
Title: 
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Document Type: 
International Conventions and Declarations
Reference: 
189 U.N.T.S. 150 (1951)
URL: 
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_c_ref.htm
Annotation: 
The Refugee Convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly on April 22, 1954 and entered into force on December 14, 1954. The Refugee Convetion is the primary international document that defines who is a refugee and that sets out their rights for asylum protection. [Descriptors: Migration - Refugees and Immigration, International]