The year 2001 is the 50th anniversary year of the foundation refugee protection instrument, the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The European Union countries, at their Special ...
It was a rain-soaked, hard-fought battle in Baltimore that showed the grit and grind of Frank Leahy’s Irish at their best.
Today marks the 70 th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, a key international treaty establishing the rights of people forced to flee. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says that recommitting to ...