1951 Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

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CHAPTER II: Juridical StatusArticle 12personal status1. The personal status of a refugee shall be governed by the law of the countryof his domicile or, if he has no domicile, by the law of the country of hisresidence.2. Rights previously acquired by a refugee and dependent on personalstatus, more particularly rights attaching to marriage, shall be respected bya Contracting State, subject to compliance, if this be necessary, with the formalitiesrequired by the law of that State, provided that the right in questionis one which would have been recognized by the law of that State had he notbecome a refugee.Article 13movable and immovable propertyThe Contracting States shall accord to a refugee treatment as favourable aspossible and, in any event, not less favourable than that accorded to aliensgenerally in the same circumstances, as regards the acquisition of movableand immovable property and other rights pertaining thereto, and to leasesand other contracts relating to movable and immovable property.Article 14artistic rights and industrial propertyIn respect of the protection of industrial property, such as inventions, designsor models, trade marks, trade names, and of rights in literary, artistic, andscientific works, a refugee shall be accorded in the country in which he hashis habitual residence the same protection as is accorded to nationals of that22 c o n v e n t i o n a n d p r o t o c o l
country. In the territory of any other Contracting State, he shall be accordedthe same protection as is accorded in that territory to nationals of the countryin which he has his habitual residence.Article 15right of associationAs regards non-political and non-profit-making associations and trade unionsthe Contracting States shall accord to refugees lawfully staying in theirterritory the most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreigncountry, in the same circumstances.Article 16access to courts1. A refugee shall have free access to the courts of law on the territory of allContracting States.2. A refugee shall enjoy in the Contracting State in which he has his habitualresidence the same treatment as a national in matters pertaining to accessto the Courts, including legal assistance and exemption from cautio judicatumsolvi.3. A refugee shall be accorded in the matters referred to in paragraph 2 incountries other than that in which he has his habitual residence the treatmentgranted to a national of the country of his habitual residence.c o n v e n t i o n a n d p r o t o c o l23
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