Definition(s) The UN multilateral treaty which is the key legal document defining who is a refugee and who is not, the rights of refugees and the legal obligations of States towards them. Source(s) Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol Translations BG: Женевска конвенция за статута на бежанците от 1951 г. и Протокол от 1967 г. CS: Ženevská úmluva o uprchlících a Protokol DE: Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention und Protokoll / Übereinkommen über die Rechtsstellung von Flüchtlingen / Flüchtlingsabkommen EL: Σύμβαση της Γενεύης και Πρωτόκολλο EN: Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol ES: Convenio de Ginebra de 1951 y Protocolo de 1967 ET: Genfi pagulasseisundi konventsioon ja protokoll FI: Geneven pakolaissopimus ja lisäpöytäkrija FR: Convention de Genève et Protocole relatifs au statut des réfugiés GA: Coinbhinsiún na Ginéive (1951) agus Prótacal na Ginéive (1967) HR: Ženevska konvencija i protokol o statusu izbjeglica HU: a menekültek jogállásáról szóló Genfi Egyezmény és Jegyzőkön IT: Convenzione di Ginevra e Protocollo di New York sullo status dei Rifugiati LT: Ženevos konvencija dėl pabėgėlių statuso ir protokolas LV: Ženēvas Konvencija par bēgļa statusu un Protokols par bēgļu statusu MT: Konvenzjoni ta’ Ġinevra, u Protokol, dwar ir-Refuġjati NL: Geneefse Conventie en Protocol / Verdrag van Genève en Protocol / Vluchtelingenverdrag PL: Konwencja Genewska z 1951 r. i Protokół z 1967 r. PT: Convenção de Genebra e Protocolo RO: Convenţia de la Geneva şi Protocolul SK: Ženevský dohovor a protokol / Dohovor o právnom postavení utečencov a Newyorský protokol SL: Ženevska konvencija o beguncih in Protokol SV: Genèvekonventionen om flyktingars rättsliga ställning och dess tilläggsprotokoll NO: Geneve konvensjonen og protokollen om flyktninger / Genevekonvensjonen og Geneveprotokollen KA: ლტოლვილთა შესახებ ჟენევის კონვენცია და ოქმი UK: Женевська конвенція про статус біженців і протокол до неї HY: Ժնևի փախստականի կոնվենցիա և արձանագրություն Synonym(s) Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Geneva Convention of 1951 and Protocol of 1967 Geneva Refugee Convention and New York Protocol 1951 Refugee Convention 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 Geneva Convention Refugee Convention Broader Term(s) refugee law Narrower Term(s) Convention grounds for persecution Convention refugee refugee Related Term(s) international protection United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Note(s) 1. The 1951 Refugee Convention was approved at a special United Nations conference on 28 July 1951 and consolidates previous international instruments relating to refugees. It provides the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees at international level. In contrast to earlier international refugee instruments, which applied to specific groups of refugees, the 1951 Convention endorses a single definition of the term ‘refugee’ in Art. 1. 2. The Convention is both a status and rights-based instrument and is underpinned by a number of fundamental principles, most notably non-discrimination, non-penalisation and non-refoulement . 3. The 1967 New York Protocol removed geographical and temporal restrictions from the Convention.
