According to the attached Amnesty International publication,
Thailand is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention (AI Index: IOR
51/01/89).
A list of signatories to the 1951 Convention published in
Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee
Status does not include Thailand (1988, 87).
Nor does the list of signatories to the 1951 Convention published
in
The Refugee in International Law include Thailand (1989,
304).
Further information on the subject is currently unavailable to the
IRBDC.
BibliographyAmnesty International. (AI Index: IOR
51/01/89). "International Conventions on Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law: The Case for Ratification: Update No. 3."
Goodwin-Gill, Guy S.. 1989.
The Refugee in International
Law. New York: Oxford University Press.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 1988.
Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee
Status. Geneva: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees.
Attachments
Amnesty International. (AI Index: IOR 51/01/89). "International
Conventions on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: The Case for
Ratification: Update No. 3.", 1, 2.
Goodwin-Gill, Guy S.. 1989.
The Refugee in International
Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 304, 305.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 1988.
Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee
Status. Geneva: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, 86, 87.