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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- Document source:
- Date: March 2022
The Procedural Standards for RSD under UNHCR’s Mandate sets out the minimum procedural standards
for when RSD is conducted by UNHCR under its mandate. It establishes core principles and standards
that must be observed to ensure that all asylum-seekers applying for refugee status determination under
UNHCR’s mandate benefit from accurate, timely and consistent decision-making and to support capacity-
development of UNHCR RSD staff and other stakeholders.
- Document source:
- Date: 26 August 2020
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- Date: 2020
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Aide-Memoire & Glossary of case processing modalities, terms and concepts applicable to RSD under UNHCR's Mandate (The Glossary), 2020, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2020/119486 [accessed 29 October 2026]
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- Date: September 2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update II, September 2019, https://www.refworld.org/policy/countrypos/unhcr/2019/122913 [accessed 29 October 2026]
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- Date: July 2019
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- Date: 3 February 2023
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statement on the interpretation of Article 5(3) of the EU Qualification Directive regarding subsequent applications for international protection based on sur place religious conversion, 3 February 2023, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2023/124211 [accessed 29 October 2026]
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- Date: 1 December 2022
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Legal considerations on the roles and responsibilities of States in relation to rescue at sea, non-refoulement, and access to asylum, 1 December 2022, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2022/124184 [accessed 29 October 2026]
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- Date: October 2022
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.I. v. Switzerland (Appl. No. 56390/21) before the European Court of Human Rights, October 2022, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2022/124169 [accessed 29 October 2026]
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- Date: 16 August 2022
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- Date: April 2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection Under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, HCR/1P/4/ENG/REV. 4, April 2019, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2019/123881 [accessed 29 October 2026]
