UN Human Rights Texts Concerning Refugees

Among United Nations human rights texts concerned with the rights of refugees and all people regardless of their status, are these:.  

 

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme (OHCHR)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Mikmaq/Micmac (OHCHR)
Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos (OHCHR)

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Convention pour la prévention et la répression du crime de génocide (OHCHR)
Convención para la Prevención y la Sanción del Delito de Genocidio (OHCHR)

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Convention relative au statut des réfugiés (OHCHR)
Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados (OHCHR)

1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
Protocole relatif au statut des réfugiés (OHCHR)
Protocolo sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados (OHCHR)

Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals who are not nationals of the country in which they live (OHCHR)
Déclaration sur les droits de l'homme des personnes qui ne possèdent pas la nationalité du pays dans lequel elles vivent (OHCHR)
Declaración sobre los derechos humanos de los individuos que no son nacionales del país en que viven" (OHCHR)

 

A handbook of primary United Nations treaties concerning the rights of people is available online in English at http://www.nightslantern.ca/commonrights.htm

Translations of the treaties in French, Spanish Arabic and other languages are found at the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights at the United Nations, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/Home.aspx.

 

 

Gerald and Maas
13 November 2017
update 24 April 2022