The refugee concept in group situations

Introduction: General Description of the Problem of Group Determination of Refugee Status and its Current Relevance. Part I: From the League of Nations to the Adoption of the UNHCR Statute (1950) and the United Nations Refugee Convention (1951). I. The Refugee Concept as Applied in Group Situations Prior to World War II in the Practice of the League of Nations. II. The Applications of the Refugee Concept in Group Situations under the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) (1947-1951). III. Development of the Refugee Definitions in the 1950 UNHCR Statute and in the 1951 Refugee Convention. IV. Conclusions Regarding the Development of the Refugee Definition 1921-1951. Part II: From the Adoption of the 1950 UNHCR Statute and the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention to 1975. V. Application of the Refugee Concept in Various Group Situations in the Period 1951-1961. VI. Application of the Refugee Concept in Group Situations in the Period 1961-1975. VII. 'Special Operations' and Development of the 'Externally Displaced Persons' Concept in the Period up to 1975. VIII. Conclusions Regarding the Development of the Refugee Concept in Group Refugee Situations in the Period 1951-1975. Part III: From 1975 to the Introduction of More Restrictive Interpretations of the Refugee Notion as from 1985. IX. Application of the Refugee Concept in Various Group Situations in the Period 1975-1985. X. Externally Displaced Persons: Development of the Concept After 1975. XI. Conclusion (No. 22 (XXXII) of the UNHCR Executive Committee on Protection of Asylum Seekers in Situations of Large-Scale Influx (Thirty-Second Session in 1981). XII. Conclusions Regarding the Application of the Refugee Concept in Group Situations, 1975-1985. XIII. General Conclusions: Past Practice as a Guide to Current Problems of Group Refugee Character. XIV. Selected Bibliography.