| Title | Advisory Opinion on the Extraterritorial Application of Non-Refoulement Obligations under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol |
| Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees |
| Publication Date | 26 January 2007 |
| Other Languages / Attachments | French | Spanish |
| Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Advisory Opinion on the Extraterritorial Application of Non-Refoulement Obligations under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, 26 January 2007, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/45f17a1a4.html [accessed 5 November 2009] |
| Comments | This Opinion was prepared in response to a request for UNHCR's position on the extraterritorial application of the non-refoulement obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. The Office's views as set out in the Advisory Opinion are offered in a broad perspective, given the relevance of the legal questions involved to a variety of situations outside a State's national territory. |
Topics: Non-refoulement,
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