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Convention Countries in this Region

Countries Convention ratification Protocol ratification
Australia 22-01-1954 13-12-1973
New Zealand 30-01-1960 06-08-1973
Papua New Guinea 17-07-1986 17-07-1986
Fiji 12-06-1972 12-06-1972
Samoa 21-09-1988 29-11-1994
Solomon Islands 28-02-1995 12-04-1995
Tuvalu 07-03-1986 07-03-1986

Full list of all Convention Countries

1951 convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention

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UNHCR UPDATES

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

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UNHCR’s Eligibility Guidelines for
Assessing the International Protection
Needs of Afghan Asylum-Seekers

December 2007(pdf 1,285 Kb)

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UNHCR Position on International Protection Needs of Asylum Seekers from Sri Lanka.  
22 December 2006 (pdf 192Kb)
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Addendum to UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers

December 2007
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UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers
August 2007 (pdf 2.6mb)
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UNHCR Return Advisory & Position on International Protection Needs of Iraqis Outside Iraq.
18 December 2006 (pdf 95Kb)

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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)


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UNHCR'S latest Guidelines on International Protection (pd 106 Kb)

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
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