COVER STORY Introduction Developing Protection - I Developing Protection - II A New Phase The Bad Guys Gender Violence Reconsidering the Convention Making Protection Work FEATURES The Convention at 50 Questions & Answers The Geneva Refugee Convention is 50 years old. It has helped millions of the world's downtrodden, but faces continued criticism.

GENDER: Persecution in the Spotlight. They didn't deliberately omit persecution based on gender, it wasn't even considered. CESSATION: When is a refugee not a refugee? When UNHCR applies the Convention's so-called 'cessation clauses'.