Beyani accused neighbouring countries of breaching the international principle of non-refoulement which is designed to guarantee a safe haven for the victims of persecution.
"The declaration reaffirms key legal principles of refugee protection, including the institution of asylum and the principles of non-refoulement, which prohibits sending people back to countries where they face danger.
Egypt is a signatory but its latest move which officials say is only temporary in the wake of the coup against Muhammad Morsi, the former president goes against the treaty, and the principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits relocating people to countries where they could be tortured.
"By unilaterally closing the refugee camps, Kenya will be in grave breach of the principle of non-refoulement, which protects asylum seekers and refugees from being returned to places where their lives and freedoms could be threatened," the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said in a statement.
According to Balazs expelling refugees to Serbia — a country Hungary considers to be "safe" after amending its asylum laws back in August — breaches Article Three of the European Convention On Human Rights, which forbids refoulement: the expulsion of people who have the right to be recognized as refugees back to their home country or any other country where they may be subject to persecution.
Australia is a signatory to the Refugee Convention, of which non-refoulement – the rule of not returning asylum seekers to persecution – is a core principle.
In the years following the Second World War, the United Nations established a principle of international law known as non-refoulement, or non-return, which forbids the removal of asylum seekers to countries where they are likely to be tortured or killed.
Groups such as Amnesty International have warned that such expulsions violated the "non-refoulement" principle of international law, which bans countries from returning refugees to conflict zones where their lives may be in danger.
The human rights group said about 80 Syrian refugees who were previously held at a detention centre in the Turkish city of Erzurum had been expelled in violation of the non-refoulement principle of international law, which bans countries from returning refugees to conflict zones where their lives are in danger.
"That is why Labor must stand by the principle of non-refoulement, central to the refugee convention, of which Australia is a signatory," she wrote.
The term "non-refoulement" refers to a legal principle to which many countries are bound, protecting asylum seekers and refugees from being sent back to a place of persecution.
