Drawing on the expertise of protection actors as well as a community of best practice, the protection mainstreaming training package is the product of an extensive consultative process. Oct 04, 2012 in return, unhcr personnel worldwide can be confident of the united states commitment to do our share, in collaboration with other states, to support unhcrs protection mandate. The protection manual may be useful tool for judges dealing with asylumrefugee law, statelessness law or idp related issues. Joint statement by unhcr, iom and unodc on protection at sea. We appreciate the arduous steps unhcr is taking to strengthen its approach to an imposing range of protection challenges. Handbook for determining refugee status and guidelines unhcr. The protection manual is unhcrs repository of all their protection policy and guidance, and collates hyperlinks to unhcrs. National case law as a generator of international refugee law. Promoting accession to the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 protocol, to the 1954. In 2000, the united nations high commissioner for refugees unhcr wrote about open criticism of the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees refugee convention. Beyond detention a global strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylumseekers and refugees 2014 2019 august 2016 progress report mid2016.
Apt monitoring immigration detention practical manual 2014. Develop terms of reference for the protection cluster, covering its scope, criteria for participation, and structure including subclusters and subnational clusters. This is an online repository of unhcrs protection policy and guidance documents. The protection manual is unhcrs repository of protection policy and guidance. Welcome to the content management system of the unhcr emergency handbook. The prevention of and response to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence against children child protection system. A protection officer for protection cluster support p2 or p3, to be supervised by the pcc. Unhcr offer protection and assistance to refugees and other in an impartial manner, on the basis of their need and irrespective of their race, religion, po.
As of mid 2014, its over 9,300 staff members work in 123 countries providing protection and assistance to more than 46 million refugees, returnees, internally displaced people and stateless persons. The set of laws, policies, regulations and services needed across all social sectors especially social welfare, education, health, security and justice to support prevention and protective. Protection manual with policy and guidance documents. Partnership a programme management handbook for unhcrs partners table of contents foreword chapter 1 unhcr. The oxford handbook of refugee and forced migration studies. The director of the division of international protection of the unhcr said that international protection was at a crossroad. Growing intensity and duration of conflicts, the proliferation of nonstate actors, impunity and the erosion of the perceived neutrality of humanitarian agencies are all factors in this trend. Partnership a programme management handbook for unhcrs. Unhcr s primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and wellbeing of refugees. Our activities to promote refugee protection include. Jun 12, 2015 as of mid 2014, its over 9,300 staff members work in 123 countries providing protection and assistance to more than 46 million refugees, returnees, internally displaced people and stateless persons.
Applicants for international protection from a designated safe country of origin may be dealt with in an accelerated procedure with reduced safeguards. General resources on working with the uac population background information on uac migration children in danger. The global protection cluster protection mainstreaming task team pmtt is the global level forum for coordination on protection in humanitarian settings. Unhcrs repository of protection policy and guidance documents.
Legal texts including conventions, nationality laws and case law from various jurisdictions. Unhcr handbook for emergencies federation of red cross and. Unhcr wash manual preliminary version unhcr, 2015 the unhcr wash manual is a comprehensive and authoritative reference document for wash interventions in refugee settings, built upon the experience of unhcr and wash organisations. All reasonable precautions have been taken by the unhcr to. Protection and the age, gender and diversity mainstreaming strategy. Partnership a programme management handbook for unhcrs partners.
Unhcr protection manual 30 may 2014 unhcr is pleased to announce the launch of its online protection manual. Handbook on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status under the 1951 convention and the 1967 protocol relating to. The guide is designed to be of use to a wide range of unhcr and implementing partner staff working in unhcrfunded operations. Practical guidance for refugee settings united nations high commissioner for refugees case postale 2500. It argues that international protection of refugees and other victims of forced displacement must have.
The effective exercise of unhcrs mandate both presupposes and is. A guide to international refugee law handbook for parliamentarians. The detention of asylumseekers and migrants represents a growing human rights challenge worldwide. The protection manual is updated whenever a new protection policy or guidance document is published, and can thus be relied. Unhcr s repository of protection policy and guidance documents. Unhcr, and in particular the division of international protection, has. The contents of this handbook thus outline the requirements, procedures and documentation necessary to ensure an effective working relationship with unhcr so as to permit protection and assistance to be delivered in the right way, at the right place and at the right time. Guidelines for working with wash service providers and regulatory authorities. May 30, 2014 unhcr is pleased to announce the launch of its online protection manual. The unhcr resettlement handbook offers resettlement management and.
The protection manual is updated whenever a new protection policy or guidance document is published and can thus be relied upon to represent the current state of unhcr protection policy guidance. Unhcr is pleased to announce the launch of its online protection manual. Child protection from violence, exploitation and abuse unicef. United nations high commissioner for refugees unhcr. Jun 14, 20 unhcr has launched its online protection manual. Its webbased design is optimal for use on chrome and explorer, and suited for mobile devices. International organization for migration iom regional office for asia and the pacific, bangkok. Handbook on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status under the 1951. Drawing on the expertise of protection actors as well as a community of best practice, the protection. June 2014 3 ruma mandal, protection mechanisms outside of the 1951 convention. In light of recent unrest and violence in ukraine in late 20 and early 2014, unhcr has published a note calling on states to remove ukraine from their safe country of origin lists. Feb 07, 2017 english manual and guideline on jordan and 4 other countries about coordination, protection and human rights and refugees. This document is an output from a consultative process with wash actors active in refugee settings. The protection manual is organized by themesubject.
Unicef, unhcr, iom, enhancing cooperation on the protection of unaccompanied migrant children and youth a briefing paper, 2011. Foreword by the director of international protection, unhcr. Guidelines for consultation, participation and cultural norms. Some 88 per cent of unhcr staff work in the field, often in difficult and dangerous duty stations. The protection manual is updated whenever a new protection policy or guidance document is published, and can thus be relied upon to represent the latest unhcr protection policy guidance. The protection manual is unhcr s repository of protection policy and guidance. Asylum applications in comparison to top nationalities of sea arrivals jan oct 2015 30,019 5,194 5,579 4,809 7,111 430 3 593 14,639 471 34,712 5,038 5,044 5,118 6,759 7,232 8,692 11,020 19,576 37,796 others bangladesh senegal mali gambia syrian ar. Us statement on protection in unhcr executive committee u. Unhcr united nations high commissioner for refugees. It can be used for the induction of new staff, as well. Promoting accession to the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 protocol, to the 1954 convention relating to the status of stateless persons and to the 1961 convention on the reduction of statelessness. Protection country operations uptodate information about programmes and operations, including funding level and donor contributions, in the countries we work in. In response to the special rapporteurs call for input for her study on care and recovery, this submission first provides a broad overview of unhcrs approach to child protection, particularly as it relates to the special rapporteurs mandate. A protection officer p3 or p4, to represent unhcr as an operational partner in the protection cluster.
The protection manual is updated whenever a new protection policy or guidance. Fair protection processes and documentation unhcr recorded increased or maintained levels of individual registration in 89% of 83 situations. Unhcr resettlement handbook and country chapters unhcr. Monitoring immigration detention practical manual 2014 today the use of immigration detention as a migration management tool is on the rise in a large number of countries. For birth registration, of the 22 situations reporting increases in the systematic issuance of birth certificates to newborn children, 86% are at or close to the standard of 100%.
A series of legal research and protection policy papers issued by the unhcr division of international protection. This unhcr coordination toolkit can serve as a standalone field resource as well as a training resource for capacitybuilding efforts. Bailliet seeks to evaluate unhcr guidelines on international protection in order to examine whether there are discrepancies in the citation of national case law. Global forum on statelessness, the hague, 1517 september 2014 ending. Saturday, march 22, 2014 the protection manual is unhcrs repository of all their protection policy and guidance, and collates hyperlinks to unhcr s publications on all topics within their mandate. Division of international protection unhcr june 2014. Unhcr launches updated protection manual european database. The contents are organised by theme, starting with international and regional refugee law instruments.
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