1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

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United Nations convention international treaty multilateral treaty refugee law instrument

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the core international treaty that defines who qualifies as a refugee and sets out their rights and the legal obligations of states to protect them.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees canonical	10
1951 Refugee Convention	3
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees	3
Refugee Convention	2
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Refugee Convention)	1
Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees	1
United Nations definition of refugee	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33930 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Context triple: [UNHCR, associatedWithTreaty, 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees]

A. Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the foundational legal instrument that defines UNHCR’s mandate, functions, and responsibilities for the international protection of refugees and the search for durable solutions to their plight.
B. Geneva Conventions
The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that set the standards of humanitarian treatment in war, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians.
C. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
D. GenocideConvention1948
GenocideConvention1948 refers to the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the first international treaty to define and criminalize genocide under international law.
E. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the foundational international treaty that established the ICC and defines its jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
Target entity description: The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the core international treaty that defines who qualifies as a refugee and sets out their rights and the legal obligations of states to protect them.

A. Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the foundational legal instrument that defines UNHCR’s mandate, functions, and responsibilities for the international protection of refugees and the search for durable solutions to their plight.
B. Geneva Conventions
The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that set the standards of humanitarian treatment in war, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians.
C. UNHCR
UNHCR is the United Nations agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless people worldwide.
D. GenocideConvention1948
GenocideConvention1948 refers to the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the first international treaty to define and criminalize genocide under international law.
E. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the foundational international treaty that established the ICC and defines its jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations convention ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ refugee law instrument ⓘ
abbreviation	CSR51 ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
adoptionDate	1951-07-28 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	Geneva ⓘ
articleCount	46 ⓘ
category	International Bill of Human Rights ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights treaties refugee conventions ⓘ
corePrinciple	non-refoulement ⓘ
defines	obligations of states towards refugees ⓘ refugee ⓘ rights of refugees ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate	1954-04-22 ⓘ
fieldOfLaw	international human rights law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ public international law ⓘ
fullName	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
hasProtocol	1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
limitedBy	geographical limitation to events in Europe (originally) ⓘ temporal limitation to events occurring before 1 January 1951 (originally) ⓘ
modifiedBy	1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ
monitoredBy	UNHCR ⓘ surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
obliges	state parties to protect refugees ⓘ
prohibits	expulsion of refugees to territories where their life or freedom would be threatened ⓘ
purpose	to establish minimum standards for the treatment of refugees ⓘ to provide international protection for refugees ⓘ
relatedInstrument	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
relatedOrganization	Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme ⓘ surface form: UNHCR Executive Committee
setsOut	civil rights of refugees ⓘ duties of refugees towards host states ⓘ economic rights of refugees ⓘ legal status of refugees ⓘ social rights of refugees ⓘ
shortName	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Refugee Convention
subjectMatter	international refugee law ⓘ refugee protection ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UNHCR → associatedWithTreaty → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → shortName → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → shortName → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Refugee Convention

1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees → fullName → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → relatesTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → modifies → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → extendsProtectionsOf → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees → relatedInstrument → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Refugee Act of 1980 → alignsWith → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention

Refugee Act of 1980 → harmonizesDefinitionWith → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations definition of refugee

Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand → appliesLaw → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Refugee Convention

General Comment No. 4 on article 3 of the Convention → linkedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

Global Compact on Refugees → reaffirms → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

Global Compact on Refugees → doesNotReplace → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1951 Refugee Convention

Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

Dublin Regulation → relatedTo → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany → includes → 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Refugee Convention)

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