Convention Refugee Law and Legal Definition
Convention refugee is an individual defined in the 1951 UN refugee treaty as having a well-founded fear that is s/he has to return to their country of origin, s/he would suffer persecution. Convention refugee is statutorily defined. Convention refugee means any person who, by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his/her nationality and is unable, or by reason of that fear, unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country; or, not having a country of nationality, is outside the country of his/her former habitual residence and is unable or, by reason of that fear, unwilling to return to that country; and has not ceased to be a convention refugee. Any person to whom the convention does not apply shall not be considered as a convention refugee.
Legal Definition list
- Convention Record [Foreign Relations]
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives
- Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea 1972 [COLREGS]
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Convention Refugee
- Convention Relating to the Regulation of Aerial Navigation
- Convention Waters
- Conventional Forces
- Conventional Heir
- Conventional Law
Related Legal Terms
- Alpine Convention
- American Convention on Human Rights
- Antarctic Marine Living Resource Convention Act of 1984
- Athens Passenger Convention
- Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982
- Atlantic Tunas Convention Act
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
- Berne Convention
- Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
- Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention
