UNHCR Protection Manual

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

Refugee law instruments

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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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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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Mexico Declaration and Plan of Action to Strengthen International Protection of Refugees in Latin America

Document source:
Regional Refugee Instruments & Related
Date: 16 November 2004

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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

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 30 September 2004

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Recommendation Rec(2004) 9 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Concept of "Membership of a Particular Social Group" (MPSG) in the Context of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 30 June 2004

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Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 Concerning the Status of Third-Country Nationals Who are Long-Term Residents

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 23 January 2004

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Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the Right to Family Reunification

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 3 October 2003

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Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 18 February 2003

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Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 Laying Down Minimum Standards for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Member States

Document source:
European Union: Council of the European Union
Date: 6 February 2003

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