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title: "The obligations of states towards refugees under international law"
description: "The main purpose of the current study is to discuss the obligations of States towards refugees under international law, and to argue that States have obligations towards refugees regardless of the ratification of the Geneva Convention."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/reports/the-obligations-of-states-towards-refugees-under-international-law"
language: "en"
published: "2016-06-20T12:56:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-14T13:01:32Z"
---

Report

# The obligations of states towards refugees under international law

Published 20. Jun 2016

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The main purpose of the current study is to discuss the obligations of States towards refugees under international law, and to argue that States have obligations towards refugees regardless of the ratification of the Geneva Convention.

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