Policy Documents
The policy collection consists of mainly UNHCR policy documents, although contributions from other sources are continually added to the collection. Policy information is useful to provide guidance to decision makers. The majority of the documents in the collection cover asylum policy on countries, specific situations or thematic/subject matter based issues.
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 4
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 1
- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 1
- Amnesty International 7
- Article 19 3
- Asylum Access 1
- Asylum Aid 3
- Asylum Research Centre (ARC) 1
- Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 4
- Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 10
- Belgium: Comité Belge d'Aide aux Réfugiés / Belgisch Comité voor Hulp aan Vluchtelingen / (CBAR-BCHV) 1
- Belgium: Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGVS/CGRA) 5
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 5
- Cambridge University Press 18
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 10
- Canadian Council for Refugees 4
- CIREFCA 1
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 26
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 2
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 4
- Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights 2
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 1
- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 48
- Danish Refugee Council 2
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): ECOWAS Commission 2
- Equal Rights Trust 2
- Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development 6
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 1
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 118
- European Migration Network (EMN) 5
- European Union 12
- European Union: Council of the European Union 14
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 3
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 5
- European Union: European Commission 83
- European Union: European Parliament 17
- Global Detention Project (GDP) 2
- Global Protection Cluster (GPC) 3
- Greece: Ombudsman 6
- HelpAge International 3
- Human Rights Watch 1
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee 2
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 1
- Inter-Agency 10
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee 20
- International Bar Association: Human Rights Institute 2
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 22
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 7
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 3
- International Federation for Human Rights 1
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 5
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 5
- International Law Commission 1
- Jesuit Refugee Service 1
- Minority Rights Group International 1
- National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 115
- New Zealand: Department of Labour 2
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 5
- REDRESS 1
- Refugee Studies Centre 2
- Save the Children 3
- Southern Refugee Legal Aid Conference (SRLAC) 1
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 1
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 10
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 1
- UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) 1
- UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 2
- UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) 1
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 3
- UN Development Group (UNDG) 1
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 1
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 184
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 2
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 1
- UN General Assembly 33
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1,321
- UN Human Rights Council 5
- UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) 2
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 7
- UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 1
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 6
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 14
- UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict 1
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 3
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 3
- UN Secretary-General (UNSG) 11
- UN Security Council 751
- UN Support Mission in Libya 1
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 8
- United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority 1
- United Kingdom: Home Office 270
- United Kingdom: House of Lords (European Union Committee) 1
- United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons Library 2
- United Kingdom: Parliament, Joint Committee on Human Rights 34
- United Nations 1
- United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services 1
- United States Congressional Research Service 1
- University of Ottawa Faculty of Law 1
- Women's Refugee Commission 3
- Annual Reports 7
- Bilateral Treaties/Agreements 4
- Case Law Compilations/Analyses 1
- Commentaries 68
- Comments on National Legislation 26
- Compilations 5
- Concluding Observations 1
- Conclusions on International Protection 1
- Conference Reports 33
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 531
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 2
- Decisions 1
- General Comments/Recommendations 41
- Handbooks/Manuals 35
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 271
- Memoranda 3
- Memoranda of Understanding 3
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
- National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents 110
- Notes on International Protection 112
- Operational Guidelines 41
- Policy/Position Papers 414
- Presidential Statements 745
- Query Responses 1
- Regional Legislation 3
- Regional Reports 7
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 153
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 258
- Sessional Reports 6
- Speeches/Statements 169
- States Parties Reports 1
- Thematic Guidelines 151
- Thematic Reports 141
- Training Manuals 1
- Afghanistan 92
- Albania 13
- Algeria 9
- Angola 33
- Anguilla 1
- Antigua and Barbuda 4
- Argentina 8
- Armenia 9
- Australia 17
- Austria 19
- Azerbaijan 12
- Bahamas 5
- Bahrain 1
- Bangladesh 23
- Barbados 4
- Belarus 5
- Belgium 12
- Belize 4
- Benin 7
- Bermuda 2
- Bhutan 1
- Bolivia 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 66
- Botswana 1
- Brazil 7
- British Virgin Islands 4
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 17
- Burkina Faso 6
- Burundi 41
- Cambodia 2
- Cameroon 6
- Canada 22
- Cayman Islands 3
- Central African Republic 19
- Chad 10
- Chile 5
- China 4
- Colombia 19
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 67
- Congo, Republic of the 3
- Cook Islands 1
- Costa Rica 8
- Croatia 42
- Cuba 5
- Cyprus 8
- Czech Republic 11
- Côte d'Ivoire 40
- Denmark 11
- Djibouti 5
- Dominica 4
- Dominican Republic 5
- Ecuador 9
- Egypt 7
- El Salvador 8
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Eritrea 32
- Estonia 8
- Eswatini 1
- Ethiopia 21
- Fiji 3
- Finland 9
- France 12
- French Guiana 3
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 5
- Georgia 33
- Germany 15
- Ghana 7
- Greece 30
- Grenada 4
- Guadeloupe 4
- Guatemala 7
- Guinea 4
- Guinea-Bissau 16
- Guyana 4
- Haiti 27
- Honduras 5
- Hungary 15
- Iceland 2
- India 6
- Indonesia 3
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 17
- Iraq 88
- Ireland 11
- Israel 32
- Italy 19
- Jamaica 11
- Japan 5
- Jordan 3
- Kazakhstan 1
- Kenya 19
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 11
- Korea, Republic of 3
- Kuwait 19
- Kyrgyzstan 2
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1
- Latvia 8
- Lebanon 42
- Lesotho 1
- Liberia 23
- Libya 28
- Lithuania 6
- Luxembourg 4
- Malawi 8
- Malaysia 1
- Maldives 1
- Mali 7
- Malta 10
- Martinique 3
- Mauritania 2
- Mauritius 1
- Mexico 11
- Moldova, Republic of 6
- Mongolia 3
- Montenegro 26
- Morocco 2
- Mozambique 7
- Myanmar 12
- Namibia 4
- Nauru 1
- Nepal 15
- Netherlands 8
- Netherlands Antilles 2
- New Zealand 4
- Nicaragua 5
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 16
- North Macedonia 10
- Norway 4
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 22
- Palau 1
- Palestine, State of 32
- Panama 6
- Papua New Guinea 4
- Paraguay 4
- Peru 5
- Philippines 4
- Poland 11
- Portugal 5
- Puerto Rico 2
- Qatar 1
- Romania 6
- Russian Federation 23
- Rwanda 26
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 4
- Saint Lucia 5
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3
- Sao Tome and Principe 2
- Saudi Arabia 1
- Senegal 1
- Serbia 70
- Seychelles 1
- Sierra Leone 38
- Singapore 1
- Slovakia 9
- Slovenia 10
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 76
- South Africa 10
- South Sudan 5
- Spain 10
- Sri Lanka 28
- Sudan 49
- Suriname 1
- Sweden 10
- Switzerland 5
- Syrian Arab Republic 48
- Tajikistan 16
- Tanzania, United Republic of 8
- Thailand 6
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 15
- Togo 4
- Tonga 1
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 4
- Turkey 11
- Turkmenistan 2
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2
- U.S. Virgin Islands 2
- Uganda 16
- Ukraine 15
- United Arab Emirates 1
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 229
- United States of America 9
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 4
- Vanuatu 2
- Venezuela 6
- Viet Nam 9
- Western Sahara Territory 4
- Yemen 6
- Zambia 10
- Zimbabwe 11
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