Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Headings: 
Migration
Title: 
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
Document Type: 
International Conventions and Declarations
Reference: 
606 U.N.T.S. 267 (1967)
URL: 
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/v2prsr.htm
Annotation: 
This protocol amends the definition of refugee under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. The Protocol also encourages cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to ensure that the rights of refugees are protected. [Descriptors: Migration - Refugees and Immigration, International]