The Central African Republic, commonly known as CAR, is a landlocked country in Central Africa bordered by Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. The capital and main administrative centre is Bangui, where the central government institutions are located. It is a unitary state with a presidential system of government, in which executive authority is held by a president serving as both head of state and head of government. 

The Central African Republic is party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. It is not party to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The Central African Republic is party to the 1969 OAU Convention governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and to the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention).