The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, or just Cartagena Declaration, is a non-binding regional, i.e. Latin-American, instrument for the protection of refugees and was adopted in 1984 by delegates from 10 Latin-American countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.
[citation needed] The declaration is the result of the "Colloquium on International Protection for Refugees and Displaced Persons in Central America, Mexico and Panama", which was held in Cartagena, Colombia, from 19 to 22 November 1984.
[1][2] Compared to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol the Cartagena Declaration allows a broader category of persons in need of international protection to be considered as refugees.
[5] As of 6 December 2019, the decision by Brazil’s National Committee for Refugees (CONARE) on Thursday to accept asylum-seekers on a prima facie basis, gave immediate relief to around 21,000 Venezuelans, waiting for applications to be processed.
[6] The Brazilian government continues to respond to the terms of the Cartagena Declaration, particularly with innovative efforts of refugee integration - such as the Chair Commission for Sergio Viera de Mello "Catedra Sérgio Viera de Mello" (CSVM) - providing, open and generous ways to support refugee socio-economic inclusion as part Section III.6 of the Cartagena Declaration.