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The Refworld legal collection has been designed primarily as a tool for disseminating and promoting (international) law relating to refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons and other persons of concern to UNHCR.

UNHCR staff, refugee lawyers, all those involved with refugee-status determination within Governments, and others concerned with the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, can find a wealth of relevant documents in the collection. Included in the collection is a unique jurisprudence collection, covering more than 40 national jurisdictions, and a vast amount of international judgments and decisions from the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights and other international and regional courts. A comprehensive collection of international instruments relating to refugees and human rights, with the most recent lists of States Parties to key conventions, is also available. The legislation collection, contains national and international legislation relevant in assessing asylum claims and is the largest collection of its kind. Finally, Refworld contains many special agreements, such as memoranda of understanding, host-country agreements and voluntary repatriation agreements.

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UNHCR Observations on the Proposal for amendments to the Danish Aliens Act, the Return Act, the Criminal Code and various other acts and on the repeal of the Continuation of Rights Act in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union without an agreement (Follow-up on EU legislation, repeal of the Brexit Civil Code etc.) (UIM Id:2208098)

1 March 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

UNHCR Thematic Update: Law of Ukraine on Compensation for Destroyed and Damaged Property, and the State Registry of Damaged and Destroyed Property

March 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

L.G. tegen Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, verzoek om prejudiciele beslissing, C‑745/21

16 February 2023 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 2013 Dublin III Regulation (EU) | Topic(s): Children's rights | Countries: Lithuania - Netherlands - Syrian Arab Republic

Case no. 1516 (Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria v. Foundation for access to rights)

13 February 2023 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Right to food - Temporary protection | Countries: Bulgaria - Ukraine

Brief of Amicus Curiae United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Support of Respondents in the case of Arizona et al. v. Alejandro Mayorkas

9 February 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

AFFAIRE R.M. ET AUTRES c. POLOGNE (Requête no 11247/18)

9 February 2023 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Children's rights - Expulsion - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Poland - Russian Federation

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 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

AFFAIRE M.K. ET AUTRES c. FRANCE (Requêtes nos 34349/18, 34638/18 et 35047/18)

The ECtHR considered it more appropriate to examine the complaints concerning the failure of France to comply with the interim relief orders of the Administrative Court ordering that the applicants must be taken into emergency accommodation and the absence of an effective emergency procedure for the enforcement of an interim relief order solely under Article 6 ECHR (§§ 91, 92). The ECtHR considered that the decision to grant or refuse emergency accommodation constituted a civil right and thus held that Article 6 § 1 ECtHR was applicable. The case concerned asylum-seekers who were without accommodation at the time of the events, and in whose favour the urgent-applications judge of the administrative court ordered the State to provide them with emergency accommodation.

30 December 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility - Effective remedy - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - France - Georgia

MIG 2021:20, case no. UM5998-21

20 December 2022 | Judicial Body: Sweden: Migration Court of Appeal (Migrationsöverdomstolen) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 2013 Recast Reception Conditions Directive (EU) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Sweden

CASE OF GASHKOV AND SATIROV v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 31147/20 and 772/21)

The applicants complained of the deficiencies in the proceedings for review of the lawfulness of detention

15 December 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention | Countries: Russian Federation

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