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Latest Guidelines on International Protection

Click here for the application of Article 1A (2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked ( HCR/GIP/06/07).
April 2006

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The 1951 Refugee Convention

UNHCR UPDATES

UNHCR Submission on the NZ Immigration Bill 2007.(pdf 176kb)

UNHCR’s Eligibility Guidelines for
Assessing the International Protection
Needs of Afghan Asylum-Seekers
December 2007(pdf 1,285 Kb)

UNHCR Position on International Protection Needs of Asylum Seekers from Sri Lanka.  
22 December 2006 (pdf 192Kb)

UNHCR Return Advisory & Position on International Protection Needs of Iraqis Outside Iraq.
18 December 2006 (pdf 95Kb)

UNHCR submission to the High Court of Australia between MIMIA and QAAH 2004 and the RRT; NBGM and Minister of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (MIMA) & RRT.
8 June 2006 (pdf 284Kb)

UNHCR Position Papers
No. 1/2002
Detention of Asylum Seekers (pdf 389Kb)

No. 2/2002
Temporary Protection
(pdf 751Kb)

No. 1/2003
Cessation of refugee status - When is a refugee no longer a refugee? (pdf 290Kb)

No. 1/2004
The Principle of Effective Protection (pdf 261Kb)

Update 1/2004a
'Effective Protection' in Indonesia (pdf 59Kb)

Update 1/2005
'Effective Protection' in Malaysia (pdf 94Kb)
(Produced by UNHCR Kuala Lumpur, March 2005)

No. 1/2005
Gender persecution and refugees (pdf 264kb)

No. 2/2005
Complementary Protection (pdf 574Kb)

No. 1/2006
Reception Standards: Employment (pdf 563Kb)

For UNHCR's position on other policy questions in the region, see Parliamentary Submissions.

UNHCR Guidelines on the detention of asylum seekers

Convention Plus
Questions and Answers on the initiative by the High Commissioner, relating to multilateral special agreements complementing the 1951 Convention, and other Forum documents.