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Global Appeal
2008 - 2009
Published November 2007
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2006
Published June 2007
The
State of the World's Refugees 2006 Human
displacement in the new millennium.
/Refugees/
CSR Article
1. Definition
of the term "refugee" A. For the purposes of the present
Convention, the term "refugee" shall apply to any person who: (1) Has
been considered a refugee under the Arrangements of 12 May 1926 and 30 June
1928 or under the Conventions of 28 October 1933 and 10 February 1938, the
Protocol of 14 September 1939 or the Constitution of the International Refugee
Organization; Decisions of non-eligibility taken by the International Refugee
Organization during the period of its activities shall not prevent the status
of refugee being accorded to persons who fulfil the
conditions of paragraph 2 of this section; (2) As a result of events occurring
before I January 1951 and owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for
reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group
or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable,
or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that
country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his
former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to
such fear, is unwilling to return to it. Article 3.
Non-discrimination The Contracting States shall apply the provisions of this
Convention to refugees without discrimination as to race, religion or country
of origin. Article 4. Religion The Contracting States
shall accord to refugees within their territories treatment at least as favourable as that accorded to their nationals with respect
to freedom to practise their religion and freedom as
regards the religious education of their children.
Article
5. Rights granted apart from
this Convention Nothing in this Convention shall be deemed to impair any rights
and benefits granted by a
UNPSR Article
1. 2. For the purpose of the
present Protocol, the term "refugee" shall, except as regards the
application of paragraph 3 of this article, mean any person within the
definition of article I of the Convention as if the words "As a result of
events occurring before 1 January 1951 and..." and the words "...as a
result of such events," in article
/Asylum/
UNDTA Article
1 1.
Asylum granted by a State, in the exercise of its sovereignty, to persons
entitled to invoke article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
including persons struggling against colonialism, shall be respected by all
other States. 2. The right to seek and to enjoy asylum may not be invoked by
any person with respect to whom there are serious reasons for considering that
he has committed a crime against peace, a war crime or a crime against
humanity...
/Oppressed
people
IGNORED PEOPLE (cases)
The extreme cases of disappearances
and genocide is a major preoccupation of the international community, and also
the cases of statelesness:
/Disappearances (enforced)
DHDR Article 25 The Duty and
Responsibility to Prevent and Eradicate Enforced Disappearances 1 States have
the primary duty and responsibility to condemn and to take all necessary
measures to prevent forced disappearances from occurring within their
territory... 2 Individuals and non-State actors have a duty and a
responsibility not to condone, support or participate in any manner in the
commission of enforced disappearances. 3 Competent inter-governmental and relevant
non-governmental organisations have a duty to monitor
States compliance with their duties and responsibilities to prohibit, prevent
and punish disappearances, and have a duty to publicise
and denounce such treatment.
/Genocide/
UNPPCG Article 1: The Contracting
Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of
war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to
punish. Article 2: In the present Convention, genocide means any of the
following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a
national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of
the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring
about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures
intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children
of the group to another group. Article 3: The following acts shall be
punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and
public incitement to commit genocide; (d ) Attempt to
commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.
/Stateless person/
CSSP Article 1.-Definition of
the term "stateless person": 1. For the purpose of this Convention,
the term "stateless person" means a person who is not considered as a
national by any State under the operation of its
law... Article 2.-General obligations: Every stateless person has duties to the
country in which he finds himself, which require in particular that he conform
to its laws and regulations as well as to measures taken for the maintenance of
public order. Article 3.-Non-discrimination: The Contracting States shall apply
the provisions of this Convention to stateless persons without discrimination
as to race, religion or country of origin. Article 4.
-Religion The Contracting States shall accord to
stateless persons within their territories treatment at least as favourable as that accorded to their nationals with respect
to freedom to practise their religion and freedom as
regards the religious education of their children.
UNCRS Article 1
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