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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)
Click here for UNHCR's latest Guidelines on International Protection
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.
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