UNHCR Protection Manual

The Protection Manual is UNHCR's repository of protection policy and guidance. The documents are listed in reverse chronological order.

International Protection

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Thematic Compilation of General Assembly & Economic and Social Council Resolutions

Document source:
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date: June 2013

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ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

Document source:
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Date: 18 November 2012

Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Document source:
European Union (EU)
Date: 26 October 2012

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Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast)

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 20 December 2011

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UNHCR's Role in Supervising International Protection Standards in the Context of its Mandate - Keynote Address

Document source:
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date: 20 May 2010

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Regulation No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 establishing a European Asylum Support Office

Document source:
European Union (EU)
Date: 19 May 2010

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Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 16 December 2008

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Background Document: Preserving Humanitarian Space, Protection and Security

Document source:
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Date: 26 February 2008

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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Document source:
European Union (EU)
Date: 14 December 2007

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Recommendation Rec(2005) 6 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Exclusion From Refugee Status in the Context of Article 1 F of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 23 March 2005

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