 US acceded in 1968. provides, in pertinent pan: the term "refugee" shall apply to any person who . . . owing to wellfounded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion...  Extension of Indochina Refugee Assistance Program: Hearings Before the ... - Page 65by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law - 1977 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | E. Lauterpacht - 1966 - 702 pages
...Geneva Convention — those persons who as a result of events occurring before January i, 1951, and owing to wellfounded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, are outside the country of their nationality and... | |
 | E. Lauterpacht - 1971 - 544 pages
...have not acquired the status of refugees. For they were not outside the country of their nationality owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for...reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. They were able to avail themselves of the protection... | |
 | S. Prakash Sinha - 1971 - 384 pages
...Article 1 A (2) of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, refers to persons who have "well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion." 189 UNTS 137. See also United States ex rel. Weinberg... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - 1973 - 380 pages
...are unwilling to return to their respective countries of nationality or habitual residence because of "wellfounded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion." The Convention, however, is applicable only to... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 - 1973 - 380 pages
...unwilling to return to any Communist, Communist-dominated country or Communist occupied area owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion ; or one who has fled or shall flee from and is unwilling... | |
 | Renée G. Kasinsky - 1976 - 340 pages
...Convention relating to the status of refugees and the 1967 protocol defines a refugee as "any person who, owing to wellfounded fear of being persecuted...particular social group, or political opinion, is outside of the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself... | |
 | Renée G. Kasinsky - 1976 - 340 pages
...Convention relating to the status of refugees and the 1967 protocol defines a refugee as "any person who, owing to wellfounded fear of being persecuted...particular social group, or political opinion, is outside of the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations - 1977 - 306 pages
...and is unwilling to return to his respective country of nationality or habitual residence because of "well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion." Thus, assistance can only be provided through the... | |
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