Article 61-2-18Measures for Appropriate Recognition of Refugee Status, etc.
第六十一条の二の十八（難民の認定等を適正に行うための措置）
In order to appropriately grant recognition of refugee status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection based on expert knowledge, the Minister of Justice is to collect information on international circumstances and endeavor to train refugee inquirers.
法務大臣は、難民の認定及び補完的保護対象者の認定を専門的知識に基づき適正に行うため、国際情勢に関する情報の収集を行うとともに、難民調査官の育成に努めるものとする。
Refugee inquirers are to receive the training necessary to deepen their understanding of the human rights of foreign nationals and to acquire and improve their knowledge of the purpose and content of the Refugee Convention, knowledge of international circumstances and other knowledge and skills necessary for appropriately carrying out affairs concerning recognition of refugee status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection.
難民調査官には、外国人の人権に関する理解を深めさせ、並びに難民条約の趣旨及び内容、国際情勢に関する知識その他難民の認定及び補完的保護対象者の認定に関する事務を適正に行うために必要な知識及び技能を習得させ、及び向上させるために必要な研修を行うものとする。
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foreign national
「外国人」
Anyone who does not hold Japanese nationality.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
Refugee Convention
「難民条約」
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)
refugee inquirermachine translation
「難民調査官」
An immigration inspector designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency to hear opinions and investigate facts in refugee and complementary-protection proceedings.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xii-2)· applies throughout the law
recognition of refugee statusmachine translation
「難民の認定」
The Minister of Justice's recognition, on the application of a foreign national in Japan, that the person is a refugee.
Short name set inArticle 61-2, paragraph (1)
recognition as a person eligible for complementary protectionmachine translation
「補完的保護対象者の認定」
The Minister of Justice's recognition, on the application of a foreign national in Japan, that the person is eligible for complementary protection.
Short name set inArticle 61-2, paragraph (2)