Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Israel: Amendment to Article 1

A/CONF.2/82/Rev.1

Article 1, Section B (6) to be redrafted as follows:

Being a person who has no nationality he is, because the circumstances in connexion with which he has been recognized as a refugee have ceased to exist, unable to return to the country of his former habitual residence

Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a refugee falling under section A (1) of this Article who is able to invoke compelling family reasons, or reasons arising out of previous persecutions for refusing to return to the country of this habitual residence.