Title | Advisory Opinion on the Extraterritorial Application of Non-Refoulement Obligations under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol |
Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
Publication Date | 26 January 2007 |
Topics | Non-refoulement |
Other Languages / Attachments | French | Greek | Italian | Spanish |
Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Advisory Opinion on the Extraterritorial Application of Non-Refoulement Obligations under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, 26 January 2007, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/45f17a1a4.html [accessed 26 October 2019] |
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. |