REFUGEE CONVENTION
4. This Convention shall cease to apply to any refugee if: (a) he has voluntarily re-availed
himself of the protection of the country of his nationality, or, (b) having lost his nationality,
he has voluntarily reacquired it, or, (c) he has acquired a new nationality, and enjoys the
protection of the country of his new nationality, or, (d) he has voluntarily re-established
himself in the country which he left or outside which he remained owing to fear of
persecution, or, (e) he can no longer, because the circumstances in connection with which
he was recognized as a refugee have ceased to exist, continue to refuse to avail himself of
the protection of the country of his nationality, or, (f) he has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside his country of refuge after his admission to that country as a
refugee, or, (g) he has seriously infringed the purposes and objectives of this Convention.
5. The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to any person with respect to whom the
country of asylum has serious reasons for considering that:
(a) he has committed a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity,
as defined in the international instruments drawn up to make provision in respect of
such crimes;
(b) he committed a serious non-political crime outside the country of refuge prior to his
admission to that country as a refugee;
(c) he has been guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the
Organization of African Unity;
(d) he has been guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United
Nations.
6. For the purposes of this Convention, the Contracting State of Asylum shall determine
whether an applicant is a refugee.
Article 2
Asylum
1. Member States of the OAU shall use their best endeavours consistent with their
respective legislations to receive refugees and to secure the settlement of those refugees
who, for well-founded reasons, are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin
or nationality.
2. The grant of asylum to refugees is a peaceful and humanitarian act and shall not be
regarded as an unfriendly act by any Member State.
3. No person shall be subjected by a Member State to measures such as rejection at the
frontier, return or expulsion, which would compel him to return to or remain in a territory
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