Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of cases
- Table of treaties and other international instruments
- Abbreviations for courts and tribunals cited
- Introduction
- 1 International law as a source of refugee rights
- 2 The evolution of the refugee rights regime
- 3 The structure of entitlement under the Refugee Convention
- 4 Rights of refugees physically present
- 5 Rights of refugees lawfully present
- 6 Rights of refugees lawfully staying
- 7 Rights of solution
- Epilogue: Challenges to the viability of refugee rights
- Appendices
- 1 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
- 2 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)
- 3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
- 4 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
- 5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
- Select bibliography
- Index
2 - Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of cases
- Table of treaties and other international instruments
- Abbreviations for courts and tribunals cited
- Introduction
- 1 International law as a source of refugee rights
- 2 The evolution of the refugee rights regime
- 3 The structure of entitlement under the Refugee Convention
- 4 Rights of refugees physically present
- 5 Rights of refugees lawfully present
- 6 Rights of refugees lawfully staying
- 7 Rights of solution
- Epilogue: Challenges to the viability of refugee rights
- Appendices
- 1 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)
- 2 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)
- 3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
- 4 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
- 5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
- Select bibliography
- Index
Summary
The States Parties to the present Protocol,
Considering that the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) covers only those persons who have become refugees as a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951,
Considering that new refugee situations have arisen since the Convention was adopted and that the refugees concerned may therefore not fall within the scope of the Convention,
Considering that it is desirable that equal status should be enjoyed by all refugees covered by the definition in the Convention irrespective of the dateline 1 January 1951,
Have agreed as follows:
Article I General provision
1. The States Parties to the present Protocol undertake to apply articles 2 to 34 inclusive of the Convention to refugees as hereinafter defined.
2. For the purpose of the present Protocol, the term “refugee” shall, except as regards the application of paragraph 3 of this article, mean any person within the definition of article 1 of the Convention as if the words “As a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 and … ” and the words “as a result of such events”, in article 1 A (2) were omitted.
3. The present Protocol shall be applied by the States Parties hereto without any geographic limitation, save that existing declarations made by States already Parties to the Convention in accordance with article 1 B (1) (a) of the Convention, shall, unless extended under article 1 B (2) thereof, apply also under the present Protocol.
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- The Rights of Refugees under International Law , pp. 1019 - 1022Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005