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Prima facie status and refugee protection - UNHCR
www.unhcr.orgComprehensive Plan of Action which required an individualised refugee status determination procedure to be followed.6 The juridical nature of prima facie status Under refugee law, a person is a refugee if s/he falls within any of the definitions of that
THE 1951 CONVENTION - UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
www.unhcr.orgis a refugee and the kind of legal protection, other assistance and social rights a refugee is entitled to receive. It also defines a refugee’s obligations to host countries and specifies certain categories of people, such as war criminals, who do not qualify for refugee status. Initially, the 1951 Convention was more or less
Article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status ...
www.unhcr.orgto refugee status is generally the only way to ensure that the obligation of non-refoulement is observed, so also is such a decision essential to ensure that penalties are not imposed on refugees, contrary to Article 31 of the 1951 Convention. 5. To impose penalties without regard to the merits of an individual’s claim to be
HANDBOOK AND GUIDELINES ON PROCEDURES AND …
www.unhcr.orghandbook and guidelines on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status under the 1951 convention and the 1967 protocol relating to the status of refugees