UNHCR Protection Manual
The Protection Manual is UNHCR's repository of protection policy and guidance. The documents are listed in reverse chronological order.
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- Document source:
- Date: September 2015
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- Date: 2 February 2015
on the requirement to change profession to avoid persecution for reasons of (imputed) political opinion.
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- Date: 5 November 2014
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- Date: 12 November 2014
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Guidelines on International Protection No. 10: Claims to Refugee Status related to Military Service within the context of Article 1A (2) of the 1951 Convention and/or the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, HCR/GIP/13/10/Corr. 1, 12 November 2014, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2013/101233 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: 15 July 2013
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Case of O.M. and D.S. v. Ukraine (Application No. 18603/12), 15 July 2013, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2013/94688 [accessed 01 May 2026]
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- Date: May 2013
- Document source:
- Date: 11 April 2013
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR oral intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Case of X and Others, C-199/12 – C-201/12, 11 April 2013, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2013/83981 [accessed 01 May 2026]
- Document source:
- Date: 23 October 2012
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Guidelines on International Protection No. 9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, HCR/GIP/12/01, 23 October 2012, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2012/89548 [accessed 01 May 2026]
whether asylum-seekers can be expected to conceal their sexual orientation and/or gender-identity to avoid persecution and whether criminalization of consensual same-sex relations between adults can constitute an act of persecution
- Document source:
- Date: 28 September 2012
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the cases of Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel v. X, Y and Z, C-199/12, C-200/12, C-201/12, 28 September 2012, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2012/88867 [accessed 01 May 2026]
Avoidance of persecution by professing political allegiance to the persecuting State.
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- Date: 25 May 2012
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the case of RT (Zimbabwe) and others (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 2011/0011, 25 May 2012, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2012/86338 [accessed 01 May 2026]
