UNHCR Protection Manual
The Protection Manual is UNHCR's repository of protection policy and guidance. The documents are listed in reverse chronological order.
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Procedural safeguards / Due process rights
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- Document source:
- Date: April 2019
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection Under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, HCR/1P/4/ENG/REV. 4, April 2019, https://www.refworld.org/policy/legalguidance/unhcr/2019/123881 [accessed 19 July 2026]
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- Date: 2 February 2015
- Document source:
- Date: 19 March 2013
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR's Expert Witness Testimony before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Hearing in the case of Pacheco Tineo vs. Bolivia, Case 12.474, 19 March 2013, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2013/96289 [accessed 19 July 2026]
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- Date: January 2012
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR comments on the European Commission's Amended Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast) COM (2011) 319 final, January 2012, https://www.refworld.org/legal/intlegcomments/unhcr/2012/84869 [accessed 19 July 2026]
On accelerated RSD procedures for persons in pre-removal detention at the airport; access to interpreters and obligation to submit the refugee application in French; short delay to submit a refugee application; non-suspensive effect of the appeal; absence of safeguards ensuring the effective respect of the principle of non-refoulement
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- Date: 31 March 2011
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Observations actualisées du HCR devant la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme dans l'affaire I. M. c. France, Requête no. 9152/09, 31 March 2011, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2011/78212 [accessed 19 July 2026]
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- Date: August 2010
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR comments on the European Commission's proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection (COM(2009)554, 21 October 2009), August 2010, https://www.refworld.org/legal/intlegcomments/unhcr/2010/75474 [accessed 19 July 2026]
On due process guarantees in the context of accelerated procedures and the right to an effective remedy.
- Document source:
- Date: 21 May 2010
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR public statement in relation to Brahim Samba Diouf v. Ministre du Travail, de l'Emploi et de l'Immigration pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union, 21 May 2010, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2010/73014 [accessed 19 July 2026]
On accelerated RSD procedures for persons in pre-removal detention at the airport; access to interpreters and obligation to submit the refugee application in French; short delay to submit a refugee application; non-suspensive effect of the appeal; absence of safeguards ensuring the effective respect of the principle of non-refoulement
- Document source:
- Date: September 2009
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Observations écrites du HCR devant la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme dans l'affaire I. M. c. France, Requête no. 9152/09, September 2009, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2009/69846 [accessed 19 July 2026]
- Document source:
- Date: 30 August 2004
UNHCR Brussels, UNHCR Observations on the European Commission Communication on 'A More Efficient Common European Asylum System: The Single Procedure as the Next Step' (COM(2004)503 final; Annex SEC(2004)937, 15 July 2004), -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 30 August 2004, https://www.refworld.org/legal/intlegcomments/unhcr/2004/34966 [accessed 19 July 2026]
- Document source:
- Date: 31 May 2001
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Global Consultations on International Protection/Third Track: Asylum Processes (Fair and Efficient Asylum Procedures), EC/GC/01/12, 31 May 2001, https://www.refworld.org/policy/strategy/unhcr/2001/13248 [accessed 19 July 2026]
