Those currently registered will lose the status of refugees.
Chiharu Shiota's installation Accumulation: Searching for Destination evokes the uncertain status of refugees.
At the end of Monday's decision, the Justices considered the status of refugees.
1 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, July 28 , 1951 19 U. S.T. 6259, 189 U.N.T.S. 150.
In the aftermath of the second world war, governments created the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
Immigration law was still in its infancy at the time, with the special status of refugees receiving scant legal recognition.
1951: Convention relating to the Status of Refugees became the corner stone of international law on refugees.
In 1951 ECOSOC drew up, and the General Assembly approved, a Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Previous negotiations have already resolved many of the details on the final status of refugees, borders, Jerusalem and security.
So, could the world build upon the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to create a normative framework to protect internally displaced persons?
The 1951 convention on the status of refugees defines a refugee as someone fleeing "persecution", based on race, religion, nationality, membership of a social group, or political opinion.
