United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Nations_1951_Refugee_Convention
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:international_treaties
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Save_the_Children
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkb:International_Organization_for_Migration
gptkb:International_Rescue_Committee
gptkb:Human_Rights_Watch
gptkbp:amended_by none since adoption
gptkbp:community_health gptkb:UNHCR
gptkbp:definition_of_refugee persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion
gptkbp:enforces national legislation
gptkbp:focus_area originally Europe
gptkbp:historical_context post-World War II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention
gptkbp:impact international refugee law
gptkbp:is_adopted_by gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:is_implemented_in gptkb:public_opinion
resource limitations
legal barriers
political resistance
gptkbp:key_concept non-refoulement
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Antonio_Guterres
gptkb:Ban_Ki-moon
gptkb:Filippo_Grandi
gptkb:Sadako_Ogata
gptkb:Louise_Arbour
gptkb:Kofi_Annan
gptkb:António_Guterres
gptkb:Michelle_Bachelet
gptkb:Sigrid_Rausing
gptkb:Ruth_Gledhill
gptkb:Zeid_Ra'ad_Al_Hussein
gptkb:Navi_Pillay
gptkbp:legal_status binding treaty
gptkbp:protocol gptkb:1967_Protocol_Relating_to_the_Status_of_Refugees
gptkbp:purpose define refugee status
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights
gptkb:International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights
gptkb:Convention_Against_Torture
gptkbp:rights_granted right to work
right to seek asylum
right to education
right to public assistance
gptkbp:scope worldwide
gptkbp:signatories 145 countries
gptkbp:significance protection of refugees
gptkbp:year_created 28 July 1951
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Refugee_Act_of_1980
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6