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The Refugee Convention builds on Article 14 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognizes the right of persons to seek asylum from persecution in other countries. A refugee may enjoy rights and benefits in a state in addition to those provided for in the convention. [3]
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The Convention Relating to the International Status of Refugees, of 28 October 1933, was a League of Nations document which dealt with administrative measures such as the issuance of Nansen certificates, refoulement, legal questions, labour conditions, industrial accidents, welfare and relief, education, fiscal regime and exemption from reciprocity, and provided for the creation of committees ...
Human rights are the rights that a person is guaranteed by way of birth. The following are universal human rights that are most relevant to refugees: [31] The right to freedom from torture or degrading treatment; The right to freedom of opinion and expression; The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; The right to life, liberty ...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights together with other international human rights instruments are sometimes referred to as the "International Bill of Human Rights". International human rights instruments are ...
The decision was made possible by the National Refugee Committee’s recognition. On 14 June, the Committee recognized that there is an objective situation of serious and widespread violation of human rights in Venezuela. The decision enables the over 100,000 refugee status petitions to begin to be processed for asylum in Brazil. [5]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
Loizidou v. Turkey is a landmark legal case regarding the rights of refugees wishing to return to their former homes and properties. [1]The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Titina Loizidou, and consequently all other refugees, have the right to return to their former properties.