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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Recommendation N° R (99) 12 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Return of Rejected Asylum-Seekers (and Explanatory Memorandum)

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 18 May 1999

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The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees: Its Relevance in the Contemporary Context

Document source:
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date: February 1999

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Recommendation N° R (98) 15 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Training of Officials Who First Come into Contact with Asylum-Seekers, in Particular at Border Points

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 15 December 1998

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Recommendation N° R (98) 13 on the Right of Rejected Asylum Seekers to an Effective Remedy Against Decisions on Expulsion in the Context of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 18 September 1998

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Recommendation N° R (97) 22 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States containing Guidelines on the Application of the Safe Third Country Concept

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 25 November 1997

San José Declaration on Refugees and Displaced Persons

Document source:
Regional Refugee Instruments & Related
Date: 7 December 1994

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Tunis Declaration on the 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems

Document source:
African Union (AU)
Date: 1 July 1994

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Recommendation N° R (94) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on guidelines to inspire practices of the member States of the Council of Europe concerning the arrival of asylum-seekers at European airports

Document source:
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers
Date: 21 June 1994

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Arab Convention on Regulating Status of Refugees in the Arab Countries

Document source:
League of Arab States
Date: 1994

Implementation of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - Some Basic Questions

Document source:
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date: 15 June 1992

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