1951 Refugee Protocol
/ˈnaɪntiːn ˈfɪftiː wʌn ˈrɛfjʊˌdʒi ˈproʊtəˌkɒl/
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- (n.) An international treaty establishing the 1967 Protocol and expanding the scope of the 1951 Refugee Convention, defining the rights of refugees and the legal obligations of states to protect them.
The 1951 Refugee Protocol is a cornerstone of international refugee law.
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- 1951 refugee protocol
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Commonly referenced alongside the 1951 Refugee Convention; often called the 1967 Protocol, it removed temporal and geographic restrictions.
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