[Reiterates, in light of these challenges, the need for full respect to be accorded to the institution of asylum in general, and considers it timely to draw attention to the following particular aspects:] the duty of refugees, and of asylum-seekers, to respect and abide by the laws of host States;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
1997
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
ExCom Conclusion No. 82, Safeguarding Asylum (1997), OP (d) viii.