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Cartagena Declaration on Refugees

Cartagena Declaration on Refugees

Human Mobility
Other
1984
Year of publication
1984
Specific thematic area
Refugee
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Refugees
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Regional instruments Member countries
Antigua, Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad, Tobago, Turks, Caicos, Uruguay, Venezuela
Sub-region
Multiple
Region
Multiple
Macro-region
Americas
Author/issuing body
Organization of American States (OAS)
Relevant GCM objective
    2 - Minimize adverse drivers5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

Persons who have fled their country because their lives, safety or freedom have been threatened by generalized violence, foreign agression, internal conflicts, massive violation of human rights or other circumstances which have seriously disturbed public order.

§ 3(3)

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).