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Conventionandprotocolrelating to thestatus ofrefugeesPublished by:UNHCRC ommunications and Public Information Box 25001211 Geneva 2 information and inquiries, please contact:Communications and Public Information and protocolText of the 1951 ConventionRelating to the Status of RefugeesText of the 1967 ProtocolRelating to the Status of RefugeesResolution 2198 (XXI) adopted by theUnited Nations General Assemblywith anIntroductory Noteby the Office of theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees2convention and protocol Grounded in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of human rights 1948, which recognizes the right of persons to seek asylum from persecution in other countries, the United Nations convention relating to the Status of refugees , adopted in 1951, is the centrepiece of international refugee protec-tion today.

pinned by a number of fundamental principles, most notably non-discrim-ination, non-penalization and non-refoulement. Convention provisions, for example, are to be applied without discrimination as to race, religion or coun-try of origin. Developments in international human rights law also reinforce

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