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Palestinian refugees under the UNHCR

Resolution number
20
Whereas
  1. In practice, Palestinian refugees are excluded from the mandate of the UNHCR in the host counties.
  2. UNRWA, unlike UNHCR, is not mandated to provide protection and security to Palestinian refugees under its administration.
  3. Palestinian refugees have lived without status or protection, often in refugee camps for over 56 years.
Therefore be it resolved

That the CCR call on the Canadian government to urge the re-examination of UNHCR ’s responsibility toward Palestinian refugees, suggested by the second paragraph of Article 1(d), the so-called “exclusion clause”, and include the second paragraph in their statutes as a basis for extending human rights protection and inclusivity, thus affirming the intention of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Working Group
Inland Protection