Conventions

The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is the key legal document in defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of states. The 1967 Protocol removed geographical and temporal restrictions from the Convention.

1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

Legal and Policy acts

Law of the Republic of Armenia on Refugees and Asylum

Decree N 774-N
ON APPROVING THE PROCEDURE OF THE ADMISSION, REGISTRATION AND ALLOCATION OF MASSIVELY DISPLACED POPULATION, INCLUDING REFUGEES, AND THEIR PROVISION WITH TEMPORARY SHELTERS, MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT

GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OF PRIMARY ASSISTANCE FOR REINTEGRAITON OF NATIONALS RETURNING TO THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (INCLUDING INVOLUNTARY RETURNEES)