The Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons

This tutorial deals with the rights of refugees and displaced persons. Completing the tutorial will take about one hour.

You will learn about the following:

• the history of international protection of refugees and displaced person

• the role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

• the main international protection mechanism for refugees: the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

• the European Convention on Human Rights and how it protects refugees and asylum-seekers

• procedures for determining refugee status

• international assistance to internally displaced persons

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Financial support for this tutorial was provided by the Information Program of the Open Society Institute and the Council of Europe.