International Treaties
Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, as Annexed to UN General Assembly (adopted 15 December 1946) 18 UNTS 3.
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (adopted 10 December 1984, entered into force June 1987) 1465 UNTS 85.
Convention Concerning the Status of Refugees Coming from Germany (adopted 10 February 1938) cxcii 4461 LNTS 59.
Convention Determining the State Responsible for Examining Applications for Asylum Lodged in One of the Member States of the European Communities (adopted 19 August 1997) 254 OJ 1.
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (adopted 4 November 1950, entered into force 3 Septmeber 1953) 5 CETS 4.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (adopted 18 December 1979, entered into force 3 Septmeber 1981) 1249 UNTS 13.
Convention on the Rights of the Child (adopted 20 November 1989, entered into force 2 September 1990) 1577 UNTS 3.
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (adopted 28 July 1951, entered into force 22 April 1954) 189 UNTS 137.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (adopted 21 December 1965, entered into force 4 Janurary 1969) 660 UNTS 195.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted 16 December 1966, entered into force 23 March 1976) 999 UNTS 171.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (adopted 16 December 1966, entered into force 3 January 1976) 993 UNTS 3.
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted 16 December 1966, entered into force 223 March 1976) 999 UNTS 171.
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (adopted 10 December 2006, entered into force 5 May 2013), A/RES/63/117, 2922 UNTS.
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (adopted 15 November 2000, entered into force 29 September 2003) 2237 UNTS 319.
Statute of the International Court of Justice (signed 18 April 1946) 33 USTS 993.
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (signed 14 December 1950) A/RES/428 (V).
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted 10 December 1948) A/RES/217 A(III).
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (adopted 23 May 1969, entered into force 27 January 1980) 115 UNTS 331.
EU Legislation
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union [2000] OJ C364/1.
Consolidated Version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU [2010] OJ C83/47.
Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification [2003] OJ L251.
Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 on laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers [2003] OJ L31/18.
Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted [2004] OJ L304/12.
Council Directive 2011/95/EU of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast) [2011] OJ L33/9.
Council Directive 2013/32/EU of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast) [2013] OJ L180/60.
Council Regulation (EC) 604/2013 of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person [2013] OJ L180.
Treaty of Amsterdam Amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties Establishing the European Communities and Related Acts [1997] OJ C340.