Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems, Israel: Proposal for a Systematic Rearrangement of the Chapters and Articles of the Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Ad Hoc Committee on Statelessness and Related Problems, Israel: Proposal for a Systematic Rearrangement of the Chapters and Articles of the Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
E/AC.32/L.29
7 February 1950
The previously used numbers and the symbols of the documents containing the texts adopted by the Committee are in brackets. Some articles are unnumbered. Neither the preamble nor the clause of extension of the benefits of the convention to stateless non-refugees (article 33) have been discussed. The symbol for articles 32-35, 37-40, which have likely not been discussed by the full Committee, is E/AC.32/2 and Corr.1 (the Secretariat's draft.)
PREAMBLE
Chapter I: General Provisions
| ARTICLE 1 | Definition of the term "refugee" |
| (Article 1, E/AC.32/L.20/Rev.1, sections A,C,D) | |
| ARTICLE 2 | General obligations |
| (Article 10, E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 3 | Continuity of residence |
| (Article 29, E/AC.32/L.26) | |
| ARTICLE 4 | Non-discrimination of refugees |
| (E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 5 | Exemption from reciprocity |
| (Article 8, E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 6 | Exemption from exceptional measures |
| (Article 25, E/AC.32/L.26) | |
| ARTICLE 7 | Naturalization |
| (Article 28, E/AC.32/L.26) |
Chapter II: Legal status
| ARTICLE 8 | Personal status |
| (Article 4, E/AC.32/L.7) | |
| ARTICLE 9 | Movable and immovable property |
| (Article 5, E/AC.32/L.7) | |
| ARTICLE 10 | Intellectual and industrial property |
| (Article 6, E/AC.32/L.7) | |
| ARTICLE 11 | Right of association |
| (Article 7, E/AC.32/L.7) | |
| ARTICLE 12 | The right to sue and be sued |
| (Article 9, E/AC.32/L.8) |
Chapter III: Condition of employment
| ARTICLE 13 | Wage-earning employment |
| (Article 13, E/AC.32/L.11) | |
| ARTICLE 14 | Self-employment |
| (Article 14, E/AC.32/L.11) | |
| ARTICLE 15 | Liberal professions |
| (Article 15, E/AC.32/L.11 and 13) |
Chapter IV: Welfare
| ARTICLE 16 | Rationing |
| (Article 18, E/AC.32/L.14) | |
| ARTICLE 17 | Housing |
| (E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 18 | Public education |
| (Article 20, E/AC.32/L.14) | |
| ARTICLE 19 | Public relief |
| (E/AC.32/L.14) | |
| ARTICLE 20 | Social security |
| (Article 16 and 17, E/AC.32/L.13) |
Chapter V: Administrative system
| ARTICLE 21 | Administrative assistance |
| (Article 23, E/AC.32/L.21) | |
| ARTICLE 22 | Freedom of circulation |
| (Article, E/AC.32/L.14) | |
| ARTICLE 23 | Identity papers |
| (Article 21, E/AC.32/L.14) | |
| ARTICLE 24 | Travel documents |
| (Article 22, E/AC.32/L.19/Rev.1) | |
| ARTICLE 25 | Fiscal charges |
| (Article 11, E/AC.32/L.8) | |
| ARTICLE 26 | Currency restrictions |
| (E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 27 | Expulsion of lawfully resident refugee |
| (Article 24, second article, E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 28 | Prohibition of expulsion to territories where the life or freedom of the refugees is threatened |
| (Article 24, first article, E/AC.32/L.28) | |
| ARTICLE 29 | Treatment of irregular refugees |
| (Article 24, third article, E/AC.32/L.28) |
Chapter VI: Implementation and transitory provisions
| ARTICLE 30 | Measures of implementation of the Convention |
| (Article 30, E/AC.32/L.26) | |
| ARTICLE 31 | Co-operation of the national authorities with the United Nations |
| (Article 26-27, E/AC.32/L.26) | |
| ARTICLE 32 | Extension of the convention to new categories of refugees |
| (Article 1, section B, E/AC.32/L.20/Rev.1) | |
| ARTICLE 33 | Application of the convention to stateless non-refugees |
| ARTICLE 34 | Relations with previous conventions |
| (Article 31, E/AC.32/L.26) |
Chapter VII: Final clauses
| ARTICLE 35 | Languages and date |
| (Article 40, E/AC.32/L.2) | |
| ARTICLE 36 | Signature, ratification and accession |
| (Article 33, E/AC.32/L.2) | |
| ARTICLE 37 | Colonial clause |
| (Article 36, E/AC.32/L.26) | |
| ARTICLE 38 | Reservation |
| (Article 35, E/AC.32/2) | |
| ARTICLE 39 | Entry into force |
| (Article 34, E/AC.32/2) | |
| ARTICLE 40 | Registration of the convention |
| ARTICLE 41 | Settlement of disputes |
| (Article 32, E/AC.32/2) | |
| ARTICLE 42 | Duration and denunciation |
| (Article 37, E/AC.32/2) | |
| ARTICLE 43 | Notifications by the Secretary-General |
| (Article 39, E/AC.32/2) | |
| ARTICLE 44 | Revision |
| (Article 38, E/AC.32/2) |