Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Israel: Amendment to Article 1
| Publisher | UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons |
| Author | UN General Assembly |
| Publication Date | 17 July 1951 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | A/CONF.2/82/Rev.1 |
| Cite as | UN Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Status of Refugees and Stateless Persons, Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Israel: Amendment to Article 1 , 17 July 1951, A/CONF.2/82/Rev.1, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae68cdd5c.html [accessed 24 May 2023] |
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.
