Refugees are in extremely vulnerable circumstances, lacking the protection of their own countries and facing immense challenges to their safety and well-being. The 1951 Refugee Convention, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that ...

GENEVA, October 19 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday paid tribute to an architect of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, American legal scholar Louis Henkin, who died last week aged 92. Volker ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention will complete 75 years, this year. The status and rights-based instrument is now applicable to over 40 million individuals. On World Refugee Day 2026, have a look at the ...

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