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Respect for the rule of law and human rights forms the essence of the protection of refugees, returnees and stateless persons.\u00a0 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<\/a> (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHCR) has a mandate to provide international protection to refugees, including promoting the accession to international refugee instruments and other relevant human rights instruments.\u00a0 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHCR\u2019s activities are also focused on assisting in the strengthening of legal structures that would enhance the rule of law, including in the area of transitional justice.<\/p>\n

Statelessness is a source of human insecurity, forced displacement and serious conflict, which may pose a threat to national and regional stability. Legislation on nationality and administrative practices that are in accordance with internationally recognized human rights standards are essential elements of the rule of law and key in addressing root causes of conflict.\u00a0 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHCR provides technical advice and support to governments for the accession to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons<\/a> and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Respect for the rule of law and human rights forms the essence of the protection of refugees, returnees and stateless persons.\u00a0 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHCR) has a mandate to provide international protection to refugees, including promoting the accession to international refugee instruments and other relevant human rights instruments.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":10415,"parent":64,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nRefugee Law - United Nations and the Rule of Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Refugee Law - United Nations and the Rule of Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Respect for the rule of law and human rights forms the essence of the protection of refugees, returnees and stateless persons.\u00a0 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵHCR) has a mandate to provide international protection to refugees, including promoting the accession to international refugee instruments and other relevant human rights instruments.\u00a0 [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"United Nations and the Rule of Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T21:32:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/refugee-law-rev.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"736\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"564\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/\",\"name\":\"Refugee Law - United Nations and the Rule of Law\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/refugee-law-rev.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-31T20:19:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-19T21:32:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/international-law-courts-tribunals\/refugee-law\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/refugee-law-rev.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/refugee-law-rev.jpg\",\"width\":736,\"height\":564,\"caption\":\"Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, many Roma and members of other minorities risked becoming stateless because they had problems proving they were citizens of one of the successor States. 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