Exemption from Cessation of Refugee Status in the Second Sentence of Article 1C(5)/(6) of the 1951 Refugee Convention

Exceptions to the cessation of refugee status due to a change of circumstances in the country of origin

“…САД, Канада, Ирска, Холандија, Финска, Швајцарска, Нови Зеланд и већина афричких држава примењују тај изузетак и на избеглице из чл. 1А (2) Конвенције (Milner, 2004: 96-98, Chhangani, Chhangani, 2012-2013. Оне су то оствариле уношењем такве одредбе у национално законодавство или применом метода аналогије од стране надлежних органа.…”

Chinese Activism of a Different Kind

“…Under the widely cited 1951 Convention, refugee status is not intended as a permanent category, and the 1952 Convention sets out circumstances in which it ceases to apply. These include a change in the circumstances in the country of origin that had led to recognition of refugee status (Milner, 2004). The clauses in the Convention that provide the framework within which refugee status may be lawfully withdrawn or 'ceased'-known as the cessation clauses-make it clear that refugee status may be transient where the situation in the country on which the refugee status application was originally based has so clearly changed that international protection is no longer needed.…”