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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  2. B. Refugee Protection
    B.
  3. C. Asylum and Migration
  4. D. Protection in Mass Influx Situations / Emergency Response
  5. E. International Solidarity / Burden-sharing / Responsibility-sharing / Comprehensive Approach
    E.
  6. F. Specific Protection Priorities
  7. G. Durable Solutions
  8. H. Internally Displaced Persons
  9. I. Displacement related to Climate Change and Disasters
    I.
  10. J. Human Rights
    J.
  11. K. Other Operational Guidance
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Twenty Guidelines on Forced Return

Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Twenty Guidelines on Forced Return, -, Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers, 4 May 2005, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/coeministers/2005/20254 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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Summary of UNHCR's Provisional Observations on the Proposal for a Council Directive on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status

RO Brussels, Summary of UNHCR's Provisional Observations on the Proposal for a Council Directive on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status, -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 22 March 2005, https://www.refworld.org/legal/intlegcomments/unhcr/2005/16025 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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Housing, Land and Property Rights in Post-Conflict Societies: Proposals for a New United Nations Institutional and Policy Framework

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.
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 26 April 2026]
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UNHCR Provisional Comments on the Proposal for a Council Directive on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status (Council Document 14203/04, Asile 64, of 9 November 2004)

RO Brussels, UNHCR Provisional Comments on the Proposal for a Council Directive on Minimum Standards on Procedures in Member States for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status (Council Document 14203/04, Asile 64, of 9 November 2004), -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 10 February 2005, https://www.refworld.org/legal/intlegcomments/unhcr/2005/39801 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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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-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 26 April 2026]
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UNHCR Annotated Comments on the EC Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on Minimum Standards for the Qualification and Status of Third Country Nationals or Stateless Persons as Refugees or as Persons Who Otherwise Need International Protection and the Content of the Protection Granted (OJ L 304/12 of 30.9.2004)

UNHCR Brussels, UNHCR Annotated Comments on the EC Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on Minimum Standards for the Qualification and Status of Third Country Nationals or Stateless Persons as Refugees or as Persons Who Otherwise Need International Protection and the Content of the Protection Granted (OJ L 304/12 of 30.9.2004), -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 28 January 2005, https://www.refworld.org/legal/intlegcomments/unhcr/2005/19970 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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Handbook for Planning and Implementing Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) Programmes

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Division of Operational Support (DOS), Handbook for Planning and Implementing Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) Programmes, -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), January 2005, https://www.refworld.org/policy/opguidance/unhcr/2005/20073 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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Refugees in Africa. The Challenges of Protection and Solutions

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Refugees in Africa. The Challenges of Protection and Solutions, -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), December 2004, https://www.refworld.org/reference/confdoc/unhcr/2004/20047 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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Human Rights and Human Trafficking

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Human Rights and Human Trafficking, CRP.6, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), December 2004, https://www.refworld.org/reference/confdoc/unhcr/2004/12109 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, 2004 (country chapters last updated September 2009)

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, 2004 (country chapters last updated September 2009), 1 November 2004, https://www.refworld.org/policy/opguidance/unhcr/2004/102419 [accessed 26 April 2026]
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