Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

The Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees entered into force on October 4, 1967. Where the United Nations 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees had restricted refugee status to those whose circumstances had come about "as a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951", as well as giving States party to the Convention the option of interpreting this as "events occurring in Europe" or "events occurring in Europe or elsewhere", the 1967 Protocol removed both the temporal and geographic restrictions. However, it also gave those States which had previously ratified the 1951 Convention and chosen to use the geographically restricted definition the option to retain that restriction.

The English text is at [http://www.unhcr.bg/bglaw/en/_02_protocol%2067en.pdf Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967]


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