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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Persecution
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- Document source:
- Date: September 2015
Avoidance of persecution by professing political allegiance to the persecuting State.
- Document source:
- Date: 25 May 2012
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the case of RT (Zimbabwe) and others (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 2011/0011, 25 May 2012, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2012/en/86338 [accessed 19 November 2025]
on inter alia the meaning of persecution (paras. 4.1 – 4.2), religious persecution and the interpretation of Article 9(1) of the EU Qualification Directive.
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- Date: 17 June 2011
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR statement on religious persecution and the interpretation of Article 9(1) of the EU Qualification Directive, C-71/11 & C-99/11, 17 June 2011, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/2011/en/78907 [accessed 19 November 2025]
The meaning of "well-founded fear of persecution"; standard of proof requires applicant to show that the fear is based on objective facts which make the fear reasonable under the circumstances, but not necessarily that he or she is more likely than not to become a victim of persecution.
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- Date: 14 July 1986
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca, No. 85-782, 14 July 1986, https://www.refworld.org/jurisprudence/amicus/unhcr/1986/en/69760 [accessed 19 November 2025]
