Abstract:
South Africa became party to the 1951 Convention
relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol
Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU
Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee
Problems in 1995. These instruments are the core international
human rights laws that promote and protect the
rights of refugees. To make these instruments enforceable
at the national level, in 1998 South Africa adopted the
Refugees Act 130 of 1998, which was later amended by
the Refugees Amendment Act (33 of 2008).