UNHCR Protection Manual - Related sources
The Protection Manual is UNHCR's repository of protection policy and guidance. The documents are listed in reverse chronological order.
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- Date: 4 December 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Summary Conclusions on the Right to Family Life and Family Unity in the Context of Family Reunification of Refugees and Other Persons In Need Of International Protection, Expert Roundtable, 4 December 2017, https://www.refworld.org/reference/confdoc/unhcr/2017/120836 [accessed 01 May 2026]
This paper draws on the contemporary practice around Article 31 by States parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol, clarifying where those interpretations are correct, and where State practice appears to depart from the obligations in Article 31. The aim of the paper is ultimately to inform UNHCR when developing guidelines on Article 31.
- Document source:
- Date: July 2017
Dr Cathryn Costello (with Yulia Ioffe and Teresa Büchsel), Article 31 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Research Paper No.34, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), July 2017, https://www.refworld.org/reference/lpprs/unhcr/2017/122597 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 30 March 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of H.A. and Others v. Greece (Appl. No. 19951/16) before the European Court of Human Rights, 30 March 2017, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2017/122548 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 13 March 2017
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), Duties of States towards refugees and migrants under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, E/C.12/2017/1, 13 March 2017, https://www.refworld.org/policy/declas/cescr/2017/117624 [accessed 01 May 2026]
- Document source:
- Date: 27 February 2017
On the obligation of Contracting States to provide administrative assistance, pursuant to Article 25; the obligation to issue 'identity papers' to refugees who does not possess valid travel documents, pursuant to Article 27; and the obligation to issue travel documents pursuant to Article 28.
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- Date: 22 December 2016
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Amicus curiae of UNHCR on the interpretation and application of Article 25, Article 27 and Article 28 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 22 December 2016, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2016/116646 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 12 December 2016
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by UNHCR in the case of J.R and Others v. Greece (Appl. No 22696/16) before the European Court of Human Rights, 12 December 2016, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2016/113155 [accessed 01 May 2026]
On detention of asylum-seekers; arbitrary detention; government bears the burden of demonstrating the lawfulness of detention; detention must be reviewed periodically by an independent decision-maker; length of detention; prolonged detention impedes access to asylum and can lead to refoulement.
- Document source:
- Date: 31 October 2016
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), David Jennings, et al. v. Alejandro Rodriguez et al.: UNHCR Brief for Refugees as Amicus Curiae in the Supreme Court of the United States, No. 15-1204, 31 October 2016, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2016/113417 [accessed 01 May 2026]
- Document source:
- Date: 18 January 2016
Co-published with Association for the Prevention of Torture
- Document source:
- Date: 30 October 2015
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Memorandum of Understanding between the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 30 October 2015, https://www.refworld.org/legal/agreements/unhcr/2015/64897 [accessed 01 May 2026]
