@incollection{MarxLi2024, author = {Marx, Reinhard and Li, Yao}, title = {Article 34 1951 Convention}, series = {The 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 protocol}, booktitle = {The 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 protocol}, editor = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Terje, Einarsen}, edition = {Second edition}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, isbn = {978-0-19-285511-4}, doi = {10.1093/law/9780192855114.001.0001}, pages = {1585 -- 1604}, year = {2024}, abstract = {This chapter tackles the features and historical development of the 1951 Convention's Article 34. It explains the function of the provision, which primarily focuses on requesting Contracting States to facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of refugees. Moreover, the provision forms the legal bases for local integration and naturalization as some of the traditional durable solutions to refugeehood. The soft obligation imposed by Article 34 primarily focuses on the long-term solution by naturalization. The chapter then elaborates on the balance between local integration, naturalization, and voluntary return after it was disrupted due to the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989.}, language = {en} }