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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Sexual orientation and gender identity
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- Document source:
- Date: October 2022
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.I. v. Switzerland (Appl. No. 56390/21) before the European Court of Human Rights, October 2022, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2022/124169 [accessed 30 April 2026]
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- Date: 21 February 2020
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), YD (Algeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: Skeleton Argument of the Intervener, Appeal No. C5/2018/0718 (B), 21 February 2020, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2020/123314 [accessed 30 April 2026]
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- Date: 26 February 2018
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of 2018Du34558 regarding claims for refugee status based on sexual orientation and gender identity, 26 February 2018, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2018/121459 [accessed 30 April 2026]
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- Date: 22 March 2017
- Document source:
- Date: 15 January 2016
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.B. v. Spain (Appl. No 15109/15) before the European Court of Human Rights, 15 January 2016, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2016/108668 [accessed 30 April 2026]
- 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 30 April 2026]
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- 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 30 April 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 30 April 2026]
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- Date: 10 September 2011
UNHCR, IARLJ, ELENA, Summary Report, Informal Meeting of Experts on Refugee Claims relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 10 September 2011, https://www.refworld.org/reference/confdoc/unhcr/2011/85993 [accessed 30 April 2026]
- Document source:
- Date: April 2011
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR's Comments on the Practice of Phallometry in the Czech Republic to Determine the Credibility of Asylum Claims based on Persecution due to Sexual Orientation, April 2011, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2011/77638 [accessed 30 April 2026]
