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
- African Union 1
- Americas - Miscellaneous 1
- Amnesty International 7
- Article 19 3
- Asylum Access 1
- 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
- Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid) 4
- 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: 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) 5
- Greece: Ombudsman 6
- HelpAge International 3
- Human Rights Watch 1
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee 3
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 1
- Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion 9
- 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) 6
- International Law Commission 1
- Jesuit Refugee Service 1
- Minority Rights Group International 1
- National Authorities 6
- National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 122
- 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 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 24
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1,403
- 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 Network on Migration 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
- United States President 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 31
- Compilations 1
- Conclusions on International Protection 3
- Conference Reports 33
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 546
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 2
- Decisions 1
- General Comments/Recommendations 47
- Handbooks/Manuals 57
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 271
- Memoranda 3
- Memoranda of Understanding 4
- National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents 122
- Notes on International Protection 115
- Operational Guidelines 40
- Policy/Position Papers 425
- Presidential Statements 745
- Query Responses 1
- Regional Legislation 3
- Regional Reports 8
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 156
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 260
- Sessional Reports 6
- Speeches/Statements 170
- States Parties Reports 1
- Thematic Guidelines 154
- Thematic Reports 162
- Training Manuals 2
- Afghanistan 94
- Albania 13
- Algeria 9
- Angola 34
- Anguilla 1
- Antigua and Barbuda 4
- Argentina 10
- Armenia 9
- Australia 17
- Austria 20
- Azerbaijan 12
- Bahamas 5
- Bahrain 1
- Bangladesh 23
- Barbados 5
- Belarus 5
- Belgium 13
- Belize 5
- Benin 7
- Bermuda 2
- Bhutan 1
- Bolivia 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 66
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 9
- British Virgin Islands 4
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 18
- Burkina Faso 9
- Burundi 43
- Cambodia 2
- Cameroon 7
- Canada 23
- Cayman Islands 3
- Central African Republic 20
- Chad 13
- Chile 7
- China 4
- Colombia 21
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70
- Congo, Republic of the 3
- Cook Islands 1
- Costa Rica 11
- Côte d'Ivoire 40
- Croatia 43
- Cuba 5
- Cyprus 8
- Czech Republic 12
- Denmark 11
- Djibouti 5
- Dominica 4
- Dominican Republic 5
- Ecuador 11
- Egypt 7
- El Salvador 9
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Eritrea 32
- Estonia 8
- Eswatini 2
- Ethiopia 24
- Fiji 3
- Finland 9
- France 14
- French Guiana 3
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 5
- Georgia 34
- Germany 16
- Ghana 7
- Greece 30
- Grenada 4
- Guadeloupe 4
- Guatemala 8
- Guinea 4
- Guinea-Bissau 16
- Guyana 5
- Haiti 28
- Honduras 7
- Hungary 16
- Iceland 2
- India 6
- Indonesia 3
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 17
- Iraq 88
- Ireland 11
- Israel 32
- Italy 20
- Jamaica 12
- Japan 5
- Jordan 4
- Kazakhstan 2
- Kenya 21
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 11
- Korea, Republic of 4
- Kuwait 20
- Kyrgyzstan 3
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1
- Latvia 10
- Lebanon 43
- Lesotho 2
- Liberia 23
- Libya 29
- Liechtenstein 1
- Lithuania 6
- Luxembourg 4
- Madagascar 1
- Malawi 9
- Malaysia 2
- Maldives 1
- Mali 9
- Malta 10
- Martinique 3
- Mauritania 2
- Mauritius 2
- Mexico 14
- Moldova, Republic of 7
- Mongolia 3
- Montenegro 27
- Morocco 3
- Mozambique 8
- Myanmar 12
- Namibia 5
- Nauru 1
- Nepal 14
- Netherlands 8
- Netherlands Antilles 2
- New Zealand 4
- Nicaragua 5
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 17
- North Macedonia 10
- Norway 4
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 22
- Palau 1
- Palestine, State of 33
- Panama 9
- Papua New Guinea 4
- Paraguay 6
- Peru 6
- Philippines 5
- Poland 11
- Portugal 7
- Puerto Rico 2
- Qatar 1
- Romania 6
- Russian Federation 23
- Rwanda 27
- 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 2
- Sierra Leone 38
- Singapore 1
- Slovakia 9
- Slovenia 11
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 77
- South Africa 12
- South Sudan 6
- Spain 12
- Sri Lanka 28
- Sudan 49
- Suriname 1
- Sweden 10
- Switzerland 6
- Syrian Arab Republic 49
- Tajikistan 16
- Tanzania, United Republic of 9
- Thailand 7
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 15
- Togo 4
- Tonga 1
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 4
- Türkiye 12
- Turkmenistan 3
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2
- U.S. Virgin Islands 2
- Uganda 17
- Ukraine 18
- United Arab Emirates 1
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 232
- United States of America 10
- Uruguay 6
- Uzbekistan 4
- Vanuatu 2
- Venezuela 6
- Viet Nam 9
- Western Sahara Territory 4
- Yemen 7
- Zambia 11
- Zimbabwe 12
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