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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Refugee Protection
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- Date: 6 January 2006
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Scope of the National Security Exception Under Article 33(2) of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, -, 6 January 2006, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2006/en/11743 [accessed 31 August 2026]
relevance and reasonableness of internal flight or relocation alternative; holistic approach to refugee definition; burden and standard of proof.
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- Date: December 2005
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the House of Lords in the case of (1) Hamid, (2) Gaafar and (3) Mohammed (Appellants) v. the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent), December 2005, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2005/en/20199 [accessed 31 August 2026]
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- Date: 8 November 2005
High Commissioner's Forum, Convention Plus Core Group on Addressing Irregular Secondary Movements of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs, FORUM/2005/7, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 8 November 2005, https://www.refworld.org/policy/declas/unhcr/2005/en/46828 [accessed 31 August 2026]
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- Date: 12 September 2005
UNHCR Washington, UNHCR letter to legal counsel regarding the International Standards for Exclusion From Refugee Status as Applied to Child Soldiers, -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 12 September 2005, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2005/en/23531 [accessed 31 August 2026]
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- Date: 20 July 1984
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- Date: 2 June 2005
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Standing Committee, Providing International Protection Including Through Complementary Forms of Protection, EC/55/SC/CRP.16, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 2 June 2005, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/unhcr/2005/en/58155 [accessed 31 August 2026]
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- Date: 2 April 1992
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme; Sub-Committee on the Whole of International Protection, Protection of Persons of Concern to UNHCR Who Fall Outside the 1951 Convention: A Discussion Note, EC/1992/SCP/CRP.5, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 2 April 1992, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/unhcr/1992/en/70828 [accessed 31 August 2026]
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- Date: 22 November 2004
Good faith, non-refoulement/non-rejection at the frontier and non-discrimination as principles of customary international law; pre-entry clearance procedures.
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- Date: 28 September 2004
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the House of Lords in the case of European Roma Rights Centre and Others v. Immigration Officer at Prague Airport, Secretary of State for the Home Department, 28 September 2004, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2004/en/32205 [accessed 31 August 2026]
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- Date: 3 September 2004
Representation in Japan, UNHCR letter to the Tokyo Bar Association Regarding Refugee Claims Based on Sexual Orientation, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 3 September 2004, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2004/en/32004 [accessed 31 August 2026]
