Legal
Protection Unit
The Legal Protection Unit liaises with
governments in the region on refugee and asylum policy. It
provides training
for officials
working with refugees and advises authorities on best international
standards in respect to legislation, policy and procedures.
UNHCR also monitors the application of the Refugee Convention
in the region and intervenes in individual cases when they
raise important issues of principle, which set standards
for the wider protection of refugees. (Convention Countries in this region)
A number of countries in this
region are signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention and
the 1967 Protocol relating
to
the status of refugees, and have their own systems for
assessing asylum applications. For further information
on these asylum
systems, click on the country below:
Australia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
Basic definitions
Basic obligations
Resettlement
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