Title Avis consultatif sur l'application extra-territoriale des obligations de non-refoulement en vertu de la Convention de 1951 relative au statut des réfugiés et de son Protocole de 1967
Publisher UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date 26 January 2007
Topics Non-refoulement
Related Document(s) Advisory Opinion on the Extraterritorial Application of Non-Refoulement Obligations under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol
Cite as UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Avis consultatif sur l'application extra-territoriale des obligations de non-refoulement en vertu de la Convention de 1951 relative au statut des réfugiés et de son Protocole de 1967, 26 January 2007, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/470ccbb42.html [accessed 22 June 2017]
Comments This Opinion was prepared in response to a request for UNHCR's position on the extraterritorial application of the non-refoulement obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. The Office's views as set out in the Advisory Opinion are offered in a broad perspective, given the relevance of the legal questions involved to a variety of situations outside a State's national territory.