The United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is the cornerstone in the body of laws that establish standards for refugee protection. It is an international convention defining who is a refugee, setting out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum as well as the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum.
The 1951 convention was approved by the United Nations at a conference in 1951. In the beginning, the Convention was limited to the post-World War ll European refugees, but in 1967 the scope of the Convention was expanded to encompass refugees internationally. The 1951 version of the Convention was ratified in Geneva and is therefore often referred to as “the Geneva Convention”, though it is not one of the Geneva Conventions specifically dealing with allowable behaviour in time of war.
Today there are 147 signatories to the 1967 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. You can download the full version of the Convention and other Kenya relevant documents in the box to the side.
Resource Center
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No 11 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No 10 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.9 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.8 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.7 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.6 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.5 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.4 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.3 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.2 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.1 of 2018
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.11 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.10 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.9 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.8 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.7 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.6 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.5 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.4 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.3 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.2 of 2017
- Refugee Protection Situation Report No.1 of 2017
- United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees -1951 (PDF 301KB)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (PDF 115KB)
- Geneva Convention -1949 (PDF 298KB)
- Geneva Convention Protocol - 1949 (PDF 334KB)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (PDF 141KB)
- Geneva Convention Prisoners of War
- Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (PDF 69KB)
- Geneva Convention on Civilians in War
- Guide to International Refugee Law (PDF 669KB)
- The IDP Protocol (PDF 119KB)
- The Refugee Act 2006 (PDF 147 KB)
- Kampala Convention (PDF 935KB)
- Refugee Act - Oromo Version (PDF 457KB)
- Refugee Act - Somali Version (PDF 433KB)
- EA Region Statement for the World Humanitarian Summit presented by Eunice Ndonga-Githinji
- Presentation during the DAC Temporary Working Group on Refugees and Migration
- MOBILIZING A WHOLE SOCIETY RESPONSE TO REFUGEES: RCK APPROACH
- Measuring the progress of Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF)
Legal Instruments Protecting Refugees
- United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)PDF 301KB
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights PDF 115KB
- Geneva Convention (1949)PDF 298KB
- Geneva Convention Protocol (1949)PDF 334KB
- Convention on the Rights of the ChildPDF 141KB
- Geneva Convention Prisoners of War
- Guiding Principles on Internal DisplacementPDF 69KB
- Geneva Convention on Civilians in War
- Guide to International Refugee LawPDF 669KB
- The IDP Protocol PDF 119KB
- The Refugee Act 2006 PDF 147 KB
- Kampala Convention PDF 935KB
- Refugee Act – Oromo Version PDF 457KB
- Refugee Act – Somali Version PDF 433KB
Reports
- RCK Annual Report 2012
- RCK Annual Report 2011
- Developing IDP Policy Framework
- Assessing refugee security
- RSD in Africa Workshop Report PDF 1282KB
- DRC civil society meeting report PDF 381KB
- Daadab Study Briefing Report
- Dadaab Monitoring Mission Report PDF 272 KB
- Western Mission Monitoring Report
- Moyale Mission Monitoring Report
- Coast Mission Monitoring Report
Conference papers
- The role of NGO’s in refugee protection
- Advocating for the Displaced on the National Plane
- Refugee Protection – The challenges from Interventionist and Terrorism
- International, regional and national refugee law and protection
- Cross Border Networks for Refugee Rights Advocacy
- Priority Needs of IDPs – Policy Responses
- Ending Refugee Warehousing in the East African Region
- Refugee Status Determination as an Effective Protection Tool
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