UN Conventions
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The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/refugees.pdf
Article 1 – (edited) the term “refugee” applies to any person who, owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.
The 1957 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/protocolrefugees.pdf
UNHCR notifications of papers, guidelines and related issues.
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/alerts.html
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees – signatory states
http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/3b73b0d63.pdf
The 1987 Convention against Torture (CAT)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/cat.pdf
Article 1 – (edited) the term “torture” means any act by which severe pain, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person to obtain information or a confession, to punish him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or to intimidate him for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain is inflicted by a public official.
Convention against Torture – signatory states
http://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/MTDSG/Volume%20I/Chapter%20IV/IV-9.en.pdf
Note 6 – On 10 June 1997, the Secretary-General received communications concerning the status of Hong Kong from the Governments of China and the United. Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention with the reservation made by China will also apply to the Hong Kong special Administrative Region
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – China & Hong Kong
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/CNIndex.aspx
The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/stateless.pdf
The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/statelessness.pdf
The 1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/pdf/ccpr.pdf
Article 1 – All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely
determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm
UNHCR Self Study Modules
Self-Study Module – Resettlement Learning Programme
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4ae6b9b92.html
Self-Study Module – An Introduction to International Protection
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=4214cb4f2&page=search
Self-Study Module – Refugee Status Determination: identifying who is a refugee
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/43141f5d4.html
Self-Study Module – Interpreting in a Refugee Context
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/49b6314d2.html
Self-Study Module – Human Rights and Refugee Protection (Vol. I)
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/466942032.html