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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- Date: 12 August 1989
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/1986/69760 [accessed 21 October 2026]
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- Date: 3 September 1985
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- Date: 25 January 1984
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers, RecommendationR (84) 1 on the Protection of Persons Satisfying the Criteria in the Geneva Convention Who Are Not Formally Recognised as Refugees, (1984) 1, 25 January 1984, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/coeministers/1984/28493 [accessed 21 October 2026]
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- Date: 21 October 1983
International Labour Office (ILO), Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO), -, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 21 October 1983, https://www.refworld.org/legal/agreements/unhcr/1983/20326 [accessed 21 October 2026]
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- Date: 18 July 1983
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- Date: 16 October 1980
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- Date: 18 November 1977
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- Date: 30 November 1976
UN General Assembly, Question of the establishment, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of a body to which persons claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply, A/RES/31/36, 30 November 1976, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1976/8302 [accessed 21 October 2026]
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- Date: 10 December 1974
UN General Assembly, Question of the establishment, in accordance with the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, of a body to which persons claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply, 3274(XXIX), 10 December 1974, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1974/66858 [accessed 21 October 2026]
