On the Way to Cartagena +40: Features of Refugee Protection in Latin America

The article is devoted to the legal and institutional foundations of the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees regime. Against the background of modern mass migration flows, the features of the regional refugee and forced migrants protection system are shown. The mechanisms and tools of the Cartagena Process are considered as an innovative model of regional cooperation to address the problems of forced migrants, achievements and ways of improvement in advance of the new ten-year cycle of Cartagena +40. The specifics of the reception and protection of different categories of forced migrants and refugees in Latin America are determined.