Subject Area
Refugee/Asylum
Source
Academic
UNHCR
Type
Reports
Location
International
Year Published
2026
Summary
Sarah Singer, ‘Non-State Actors of Protection and Refugee Status: Interpreting Articles 1A(2) and 1C of the 1951 Refugee Convention, PPLA/2026/02, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’, June 2026.
Abstract
This paper examines whether and to what extent non-state actors may be considered ‘actors of protection’ for the purpose of qualification and/or cessation of refugee status under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention).
