| Title | UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Sri Lanka |
| Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| Publication Date | April 2009 |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Topics | Abduction | Arbitrary arrest and detention | Conflict situation | Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Freedom of expression | Freedom of movement | Human rights activists | Minorities | Muslim | Political situation | Racial / Ethnic persecution | Security situation | Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Sinhalese | State of emergency | Tamil | Women-at-risk |
| Other Languages / Attachments | Russian | Spanish |
| Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Sri Lanka, April 2009, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/49de0b6b2.html [accessed 17 May 2023] |
| Comments | These Guidelines supersede the UNHCR Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Sri Lanka, issued in December 2006. In July 2009, UNHCR issued a Note on the Applicability of the 2009 Sri Lanka Guidelines, which elaborates on the continued validity and applicabilty of the current Guidelines. |