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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On the interpretation and application of Article 1F(a) of the 1951 Convention.
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- Date: 8 December 2009
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR letter to the parties relating to the case of JS (Sri Lanka) v. Secretary of State for Home Department pending before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, 8 December 2009, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2009/71745 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: November 2009
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- Date: September 2009
This paper centres on two main substantive parts: one on displacement and gender equality, the other on the right to a nationality, questions of statelessness and gender equality. These parts explain the many facets of the gender dimensions of and influences on displacement and statelessness, drawing out the impact of gender inequality on women’s access to and enjoyment of their human rights in these contexts and identifying relevant CEDAW provisions at issue and how they apply.
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- Date: August 2009
Alice Edwards, Displacement, Statelessness and Questions of Gender Equality under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Research Paper No.14, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), August 2009, https://www.refworld.org/reference/lpprs/unhcr/2009/70327 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: May 2009
Division of International Protection Services (DIPS); Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section (PPLAS), Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), May 2009, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2009/65361 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: April 2009
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- Date: 18 March 2009
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR comments on the European Commission's Proposal for a recast of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third country national or a stateless person ("Dublin II") (COM(2008) 820, 3 December 2008) and the European Commission's Proposal for a recast of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of [the Dublin II Regulation] (COM(2008) 825, 3 December 2008), 18 March 2009, https://www.refworld.org/legal/natlegcomments/unhcr/2009/72612 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 1 January 2009
This paper examines the link between witchcraft accusations and displacement. Accusations may cause displacement through forced exile or the personal decision to flee from the threat of harm.
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- Date: January 2009
Jill Schnoebelen, Witchcraft allegations, refugee protection and human rights: a review of the evidence, Research Paper No. 169, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), January 2009, https://www.refworld.org/reference/research/unhcr/2009/68565 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 1 January 2009
