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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Rights of asylum-seekers and refugees
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- Date: 6 February 2006
UN Economic and Social Council, General Comment No. 18: The Right to Work (Art. 6 of the Covenant), E/C.12/GC/18, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), 6 February 2006, https://www.refworld.org/legal/general/cescr/2006/32433 [accessed 01 May 2026]
The following discussion paper sets out the issues at stake and outlines a series of weaknesses in the way violations of housing, land and property rights in post-conflict societies have so far been responded to by the international community. The author also makes a number of proposals on how these rights can more effectively and comprehensively be addressed by institutionalizing the operational response within the United Nations system.
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- Date: March 2005
Scott Leckie, Housing, Land and Property Rights in Post-Conflict Societies: Proposals for a New United Nations Institutional and Policy Framework, Research Paper No.8, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), March 2005, https://www.refworld.org/reference/lpprs/unhcr/2005/36466 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: February 2005
UN-Habitat, Housing, Land and Property Rights in Post-Conflict Societies: Proposals for their Integration Into UN Policy and Operational Frameworks. Main Issues Discussed and Summary Conclusions (Geneva Expert Meeting, 10-11 November 2004), -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), February 2005, https://www.refworld.org/reference/confdoc/unhcr/2005/31168 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 16 April 2004
UN Commission on Human Rights, Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/21: Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, E/CN.4/RES/2004/21, 16 April 2004, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unchr/2004/11652 [accessed 01 May 2026]
This paper examines the scope of political rights of refugees in the context of international law, as well as current State practice before going on to make a number of recommendations about best practice.
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- Date: November 2003
- Document source:
- Date: April 2002
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), The Millennium Development Goals and the United Nations Girls Education Initiative: A Guidance Note to UN Country Teams, April 2002, https://www.refworld.org/policy/opguidance/unesco/2002/53953 [accessed 01 May 2026]
This book is a compilation of research papers presented at a March 2001 workshop on ‘Refugee Education in Developing Countries: Policy and Practice’. The research papers presented here represent a step forward in the task of developing deeper professional insights into the field of refugee education and education in emergency situations in general.
- Document source:
- Date: December 2001
Edited by Jeff Crisp, Christopher Talbot and Daiana B. Cipollone, Learning for a Future: Refugee Education in Developing Countries, ISBN 92-1-101044-6, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), December 2001, https://www.refworld.org/reference/research/unhcr/2001/97736 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 11 August 2000
UN Economic and Social Council, General Comment No. 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Art. 12 of the Covenant), E/C.12/2000/4, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), 11 August 2000, https://www.refworld.org/legal/general/cescr/2000/36991 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 1996
