Refworld Newsletter - February 2025 [No. 2]
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February 2025
Refworld Newsletter | February 2025 [No. 2]
This newsletter provides you with a selection of recent publications from UNHCR and other sources on UNHCR’s Global Law and Policy Database: Refworld.org.
UNHCR Publications
- UNHCR’S 2025 Recommendations for the Polish and Danish Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU), 13 January 2025
- #IBelong Campaign Update, July – September 2024, 6 January 2025
- Compilation of resolutions on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2015-2024; omnibus, with UN General Assembly, January 2025
- UNHCR Guidelines on International Legal Standards relating to Family Reunification for Refugees and other Beneficiaries of International Protection, December 2024
- UNHCR Operational Guidelines on Complementary Pathways (CPOG), December 2024
- Asylum Capacity Self-Assessment: How-To Guide, December 2024
- Position on Returns to the Syrian Arab Republic, December 2024
- Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of H.M.M. and Others v. Latvia (Application No. 42165/21) before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, 18 October 2024
Publications from Other Sources
Legal Instruments*
- Egypt: قانون رقم 164 لسنة 2024 بإصدار قانون لجوء الأجانب (Asylum Law No. 164 of 2024), 16 December 2024
- Chile Declaration and Plan of Action 2024-2034, 12 December 2024
- UK Home Office: Streamlined asylum processing for children’s casework Version 3.0, 11 December 2024
- Philippines: Republic Act No. 12076 (Ligtas Pinoy Centers Act), 6 December 2024
- Benin: Décret No. 2024-1362 du 2024, portant attributions, composition, organisation et fonctionnement de la Commission nationale chargée des réfugiés et des apatrides, 20 November 2024
- Botswana: Refugees (Recognition and Management) Act, 2024, 29 October 2024
- Germany: Gesetz zur Verbesserung der inneren Sicherheit und des Asylsystems, 25 October 2024
* Please note that the Legal Instruments Collection includes non-binding and soft-law instruments, as well as comments on legal instruments.
Case Law
- Kunshugarov v. Türkiye, Applications nos. 60811/15 and 54512/17, ECtHR, 14 January 2025
- G.R.J. c. Grèce, Requête no 15067/21 (décision d'irrecevabilité), ECtHR, 7 January 2025
- Kaduna, Joined Cases C-244/24 and C-290/24, CJEU, 19 December 2024
- M.I. v. Switzerland (Application no. 56390/21), CJEU, 12 November 2024
- M.I. et al. v Australia, HRCttee (views), 31 October 2024
- Y and Others v. Switzerland (Application no. 9577/21), ECtHR, 22 October 2024
- K, L, M and N v Staatssecretaris van Justitie and Veiligheid, C-156/23, Ararat, CJEU, 17 October 2024
Policy & Guidance
- Policy: Protection of Internally Displaced Persons, Inter-Agency Standing Committee, November 2024
- Litigating the Right to a Nationality: A Guide for Practitioners, Dr Bronwen Manby, UNHCR & OSJI, November 2024
- Concluding Observations on the Tenth Periodic Report of Canada, CEDAW, 16 October 2024
Concluding Observations on the Eighth Periodic Report of Chile, CEDAW, 15 October 2024
Research & Reports
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), Rights of Women and Girls in the Asylum Procedure: ECRE'S Analysis of the Main Challenges to Women and Girls' Access to a Fair Asylum Procedure and Implementation Considerations for the Asylum Procedures Regulation, December 2024
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), Submission to The Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court: Principles on Gender Persecution to Provide Guidance for Increasing its Prevention, and Ensuring Protection and Participation of its Survivors, 20 November 2024
- Amnesty International et al., EU Leaders should Uphold Right to Asylum in Europe: 10 steps for the EU to ensure sustainable and rights-based asylum systems, 12 November 2024
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), Clear Principles, Divergent Practices: The Right to Know in National Security Related Immigration Matters in EU Member States, 7 November 2024
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