07 April 2017

UNHCR launches new online database with human rights and refugee information in Spanish

The availability and accessibility of relevant information in Spanish, in one central database has the potential to contribute to better quality asylum decisions in all countries where Spanish is used as a first language or is otherwise generally spoken and understood. Asylum-seekers who apply for international protection in Spanish-speaking countries are therefore the ultimate beneficiaries of this project.

02 December 2016

Guidelines on International Protection No. 12: Claims for refugee status related to situations of armed conflict and violence under Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the regional refugee definitions

The Guidelines provide substantive and procedural guidance for assessing claims to international protection related to situations of armed conflict and violence under the 1951 Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention and the 1984 Cartagena Declaration.

14 November 2016

UNHCR Position on Returns to Iraq

On 14 November 2016, UNHCR released an Update to the Position on Returns to Iraq.

This paper supersedes UNHCR's October 2014 UNHCR Position on Returns to Iraq.

11 October 2016

International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region – Update II

On 11 October 2016, UNHCR released an Update of its International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region.

This paper supersedes UNHCR's October 2014 International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region – Update I.