http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/opinion/obligations-of-refugee-convention.html 2016-09-26 14:45:07 Obligations of Refugee Convention A reader clarifies that the 1951 Refugee Convention only obligates governments not to send or return refugees to locations where they might be persecuted. === To the Editor: Re “ ALEXANDER CASELLA Geneva The writer is a former director for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.