Which instrument relates to the status of refugees?

• A. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
• B. CROC
• C. ICCPR
• D. ICESCR

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is identifying the international instrument that directly defines who is a refugee and sets out the protections they receive. The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, commonly known as the Refugee Convention, does this work: it defines refugee status and establishes the rights of refugees as well as the duties of states toward them, including asylum procedures and the crucial non-refoulement principle (not sending refugees back to danger). Other major treaties, like the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, address broad human rights for everyone, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child focuses on children’s rights; they don’t establish the specific status and protections for refugees. So the instrument that most directly relates to refugee status is the Refugee Convention.