The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol

by Andreas Zimmermann, Terje Einarsen, Franziska M. Herrmann

Overview

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on 28 July 1951 in Geneva continues to provide the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees yet attempted. Consolidating previous international instruments relating to refugees, the 1951 Convention with its 1967 Protocol marks a cornerstone in the development of international refugee law. At present, there are 149 States Parties to one or both of these instruments, expressing a worldwide consensus on the definition of the term refugee and the fundamental rights to be granted to refugees. These facts demonstrate and underline the extraordinary significance of these instruments as the indispensable legal basis of international refugee law.

This Commentary provides for a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol on an article-by-article basis, exposing the interrelationship between the different articles and discussing the latest developments in international refugee law. In addition, several thematic contributions analyse questions of international refugee law which are of general significance, such as regional developments, the interrelationship between refugee law and general human rights law, as well as the relationship between refugee law and the law of the sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192855114
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/11/2024
Series:	Oxford Commentaries on International Law
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	2032
Product dimensions:	7.28(w) x 9.96(h) x 2.16(d)

About the Author

Andreas Zimmermann, Professor of Law, University of Potsdam, Terje Einarsen, Professor of Law, University of Bergen, Franziska M. Herrmann, PhD candidate and Research Fellow

Professor Andreas Zimmermann is Professor of Law, University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), LL.M. (Harvard); former Member of the German delegation to the Preparatory Committee and the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, and of the UN Human Rights Committee; member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ; former judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights; arbitrator under the annex to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; member of the advisory board on international law of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; co-editor, inter alia, of The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2019).

Professor Terje Einarsen is Professor of Law at University of Bergen (Norway) and Senior Research Associate, SOAS University of London. He holds a Ph.D. (Dr Juris) from the University of Bergen and a master's degree (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School. He is also a lawyer and member of the Norwegian Bar Association with permanent permission to appear before the Supreme Court. Einarsen was formerly a judge for ten years at the general Gulating High Court for the Western parts of Norway, and Head of the Human Rights Committee, Norwegian Judges' Association. He has also served as a permanent member of the Grand Chamber, Immigration Board of Appeals. He is chairperson of International Commission of Jurists, the Norwegian section (ICJ Norway) since 2018.

Franziska M. Herrmann is a PhD candidate at the University of Potsdam, working in the context of the Berlin Potsdam Research Group "The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?". She studied law at the University of Potsdam and Bergen and holds a Bachelor of Law, as well as the German First State Examination.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Filippo Grandi1. Historical Development of International Refugee Law, Claudena Skran and Evan Easton-Calabria2. Drafting History of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol, Terje Einarsen3. Interpretation of the 1951 Convention, Jane McAdam and Emma Dunlop4. Global Developments in Refugee Law, Terje Einarsen and Jessica Schultz5. Regional Developments: Europe, Anja Klug6. Regional Developments: Asia, Sam Blay7. Regional developments: Africa, Jacob van Garderen8. Regional developments: Americas, Flávia Piovesan, Liliana Lyra Jubilut and Melissa Casagrande9. Preamble to the 1951 Convention, Ralf Alleweldt10. Preamble to the 1967 Protocol, Ralf Alleweldt11. Final Act, Ralf Alleweldt12. Art. 1 A, para. 1 1951 Convention, Stefanie Schmahl13. Art. 1 A, para. 2 1951 Convention, Andreas Zimmermann and Franziska M. Herrmann14. Art. 1 B 1951 Convention, Stefanie Schmahl15. Art. 1 C 1951 Convention, Susan Kneebone and Maria O'Sullivan16. Art. 1 D 1951 Convention, Mutaz Qafisheh and Francesca Albanese17. Art. 1 E 1951 Convention, Yao Li18. Art. 1 F 1951 Convention, Joseph Rikhof and Philipp Wennholz19. Art. 1 1967 Protocol, Stefanie Schmahl20. Art. 2 1951 Convention, Hélène Lambert21. Art. 3 1951 Convention, Mpoki Mwakagali and Reinhard Marx22. Art. 4 1951 Convention, Christian Walter23. Art. 5 1951 Convention, Achilles Skordas and Meltem Ineli-Ciger24. Art. 6 1951 Convention, Mpoki Mwakagali and Reinhard Marx25. Art. 7 1951 Convention, Achilles Skordas and Meltem Ineli-Ciger26. Art. 8 1951 Convention, Ulrike Davy and Rebecca Thorburn Stern27. Art. 9 1951 Convention, Ulrike Davy and Rebecca Thorburn Stern28. Art. 10 1951 Convention, Stefanie Schmahl29. Art. 11 1951 Convention, Roland Bank30. Refugee Determination Procedures, Rainer Hofmann, Adela Schmidt and Lssan Estifanos31. Refugees at Sea, Roland Bank32. Diplomatic Asylum, Eileen Denza33. Art. 12 1951 Convention, Axel Metzger34. Art. 13 1951 Convention, Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham35. Art. 14 1951 Convention, Axel Metzger36. Art. 15 1951 Convention, Michael Teichmann37. Art. 16 1951 Convention, Björn Elberling and Rebecca Thorburn Stern38. Art. 17 1951 Convention, Alice Edwards39. Art. 18 1951 Convention, Alice Edwards40. Art. 19 1951 Convention, Alice Edwards41. Art. 20 1951 Convention, Eve Lester42. Art. 21 1951 Convention, Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham43. Art. 22 1951 Convention, Andreas Zimmermann and Rebecca Thorburn Stern44. Art. 23 1951 Convention, Eve Lester45. Art. 24 1951 Convention, Eve Lester46. Art. 25 1951 Convention, Eve Lester47. Art. 26 1951 Convention, Marjoleine Zieck48. Art. 27 1951 Convention, Jens Vedsted-Hansen49. Art. 28/Schedule, Jens Vedsted-Hansen50. Art. 29 1951 Convention, Boldizsár Nagy51. Art. 30 1951 Convention, Boldizsár Nagy52. Art. 31 1951 Convention, Gregor Noll53. Art. 32 1951 Convention, Ulrike Davy and María-Teresa Gil-Bazo54. Art. 33, para. 1 1951 Convention, Walter Kälin, Martina Caroni and Lukas Heim55. Art. 33, para. 2 1951 Convention, Philipp Wennholz and Joseph Rikhof56. Art. 34 1951 Convention, Reinhard Marx and Yao Li57. Art. 35 1951 Convention/Article II 1967 Protocol, Marjoleine Zieck58. Art. 36 1951 Convention/Article III 1967 Protocol, Marjoleine Zieck59:Art. 37 1951 Convention, Stefanie Schmahl60. Art. 38 1951 Convention/Article IV 1967 Protocol, Karin Oellers-Frahm61. Art. 39 1951 Convention/Article V 1967 Protocol, Robin Geiß and Yao Li62. Art. 40 1951 Convention, María-Teresa Gil-Bazo63. Art. 41 1951 Convention/Article VI 1967 Protocol, María-Teresa Gil-Bazo64. Art. 42 1951 Convention/Article VII 1967 Protocol, Alain Pellet65. Art. 43 1951 Convention/Article VIII 1967 Protocol, Robin Geiß and Yao Li66. Art. 44 1951 Convention/Article IX 1967 Protocol, Robin Geiß and Yao Li67. Art. 45 1951 Convention, Terje Einarsen68. Art. 46 1951 Convention/Article X 1967 Protocol, Robin Geiß and Yao Li69. Testemonium 1951 Convention/Article XI 1967 Protocol, Robin Geiß and Yao Li