Goncharenko E. The status of refugees in international law.

The thesis is devoted to the research of refugees international-legal status. It is given the historical and political-legal premises of the formation and development of the international-legal norms as to refugees. It is given the analyses of the function and status of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. It is investigated the present-day definition of the conception of the "refugee", the main criteria which define the above-mentined status and also the possibility to widening of the given definition of the receiving stateus. It is determined the main principles of refugees status, their rights and obligations and it is also investigated the problems in connection with the observance of refugees rights and it is given ways of solving all controversial questions. The legislation of Ukraine in connection with refugees problems is analyzed and it is proposed the amendments to the Ukrainian law in force "On refugees" and other normative legal acts with the purpose of their further improvement and led them in accordance with international law standarts.