Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Treaties
Catalogue reference: SP 108
What's it about?
SP 108
Various diplomatic records: protocols, ratifications, and renewals of treaties; preliminary articles of treaties; declarations by Great Britain to uphold treaties and agreements between foreign powers; the appointment of British and foreign...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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SP 108
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Treaties
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Date (When the record was created)
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1579-1780
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Description (What the record is about)
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Various diplomatic records: protocols, ratifications, and renewals of treaties; preliminary articles of treaties; declarations by Great Britain to uphold treaties and agreements between foreign powers; the appointment of British and foreign ambassadors to enter negotiations and make treaties; declarations and reports of treaties; details of conventions between Great Britain and foreign powers; and other documents subsidiary to the above.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are arranged alphabetically and chronologically according to the country to which the document refers.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Similar and related documents are to be found in: E 30 FO 93 FO 94
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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556 boxes and papers
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Documents in this series are kept in secure storage and you require written permission to see them.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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A large proportion of the documents still have a seal or silver skippet (the small box that contained the seal) attached to them.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The treaties were previously kept by the State Paper Office until its incorporation into the Public Record Office in 1854. However, some ratifications of treaties after 1760 were temporarily transferred to the Foreign Office and were housed in Whitehall Yard until their final removal to Chancery Lane
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Some treaties are described in Treaties: Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Public Record Office (Public Record Office, 1948).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13647/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: SP
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Treaties
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