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Title | Date added | Template | Body | Legal status | Document type | Year | Document code | Original document | Paragraph text | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Conclusion on machine-readable travel documents for refugees and stateless persons | Mar 14, 2024 | Document | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | 2017 | |||||||
Conclusion on mental health and psychosocial support | Mar 14, 2024 | Document | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | 2022 | |||||||
CONCLUSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION AND DURABLE SOLUTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY | Mar 14, 2024 | Document | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | 2021 | |||||||
Conclusion on civil registration 2013, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Recognizing that civil registration systems, which record births, deaths, cause of death, and marriage, provide substantial information for policy and humanitarian planning, |
| 2013 | |||||
General Conclusion On International Protection 1994, para. (k) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Notes that a large number of those persons in need of international protection have been forced to flee or to remain outside their countries of origin as a result of danger to their life or freedom owing to situations of conflict; |
| 1994 | |||||
Temporary Refuge 1980, para. (h) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Decided to request the High Commissioner to convene as soon as possible a representative group of experts to examine temporary refuge in all its aspects within the framework of the problems raised by large- scale influx and to provide the group with all possible assistance. |
| 1980 | |||||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. (n) iii | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | [Ensuring early identification and immediate response involves partnerships and actions to:] determine the best interests of girls at risk, provide alternative accommodation, physical protection and interim foster care as required, as well as initiate family tracing and ensure family unity wherever possible and in their best interests; and |
| 2006 | |||||
Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. (g) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Responding more effectively to protection problems faced by women and girls at risk requires a holistic approach that combines preventive strategies and individual responses and solutions. It involves collaboration between, and the involvement of, all relevant actors, including men and boys, to enhance understanding and promote respect for women's and girls' rights. |
| 2006 | |||||
Return of Persons found not to be in need of International Protection 2003, para. (j) ii | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | [Recommends, depending on the situation, that UNHCR complement the efforts of States in the return of persons found not to be in need of international protection by:] Taking clear public positions on the acceptability of return of persons found not to be in need of international protection, |
| 2003 | |||||
General Conclusion On International Protection 2003, para. (v) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Encourages States to co-operate with UNHCR on methods to resolve cases of statelessness and to consider the possibility of providing resettlement places where a stateless person's situation cannot be resolved in the present host country or other country of former habitual residence, and remains precarious; |
| 2003 | |||||
Safety of UNHCR Staff and Other Humanitarian Personnel 1997, para. (a) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Strongly condemns any acts which obstruct or prevent the staff of UNHCR and its implementing partners, as well as other humanitarian personnel, from discharging their humanitarian functions, or which entail their being subjected to threats, use of force, and physical attack frequently resulting in injury or death; |
| 1997 | |||||
Return of Persons found not to be in need of International Protection 2003, para. (g) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Recalls further that Annex 9 to the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation requires that States, when requested to provide travel documents to facilitate the return of one of its nationals, respond within a reasonable period of time, and not more than 30 days after such a request is made, either by issuing a travel document or by satisfying the requesting State that the person concerned is not one of its nationals; |
| 2003 | |||||
Return of Persons found not to be in need of International Protection 2003, para. (e) ii | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | [Calls on States to cooperate regarding the efficient and expeditious return of persons found not to be in need of international protection, to their countries of origin, other countries of nationality or countries with an obligation to receive them back, notably by:] finding practical solutions for the issuance of appropriate documentation to persons who are not or no longer in possession of a genuine travel document; |
| 2003 | |||||
Return of Persons found not to be in need of International Protection 2003, para. (j) iii | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | [Recommends, depending on the situation, that UNHCR complement the efforts of States in the return of persons found not to be in need of international protection by:] Continuing its dialogue with States to review their citizenship legislation, particularly if it allows renunciation of nationality without at the same time ensuring that the person in question has acquired another nationality and could be used to stop or delay the return of a person to a country of nationality; |
| 2003 | |||||
General Conclusion On International Protection 1997, para. (s) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Reaffirms the right of all persons to return to their countries, and the responsibility of States to facilitate the return and reintegration of their nationals; recommends to States that strategies for facilitating the return, in safety and dignity, of persons not in need of international protection be examined within a framework of international cooperation; and encourages UNHCR to continue, in cooperation with other appropriate international organizations, to look into ways in which the return process of individuals, determined through fair and effective procedures not to be in need of international protection, can be facilitated, and to inform the Standing Committee; |
| 1997 | |||||
Temporary Refuge 1980, para. (e) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Stressed the exceptional character of temporary refuge and the essential need for persons to whom temporary refuge has been granted to enjoy basic humanitarian standards of treatment; |
| 1980 | |||||
Establishment of Sub-Committee and General 1975, para. (g) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Welcomed the High Commissioner's continuing efforts to survey individual cases with a view to identifying major protection problems and recommended that Governments should contribute to achieving rapid solutions to such problems; |
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| 1975 | ||||
Establishment of Sub-Committee and General 1975, para. (a) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Expressed appreciation to the High Commissioner for the way he was discharging his duties in this especially important and particularly difficult field and fully shared his concern at the numerous and flagrant violations of the human rights of refugees; |
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| 1975 | ||||
Establishment of Sub-Committee and General 1975, para. (f) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Emphasized that, in keeping with the fundamental principles of family unity, members of refugee families should be given every opportunity to be reunited by being allowed to leave their country of origin; |
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| 1975 | ||||
Establishment of Sub-Committee and General 1975, para. (e) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Recommended that the views of the Committee in (d) above be conveyed to the General Assembly of the United Nations; |
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| 1975 | ||||
Problem of Extradition Affecting Refugees 1980, para. (a) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Considered that cases in which the extradition of a refugee or of a person who may qualify as a refugee is requested may give rise to special problems; |
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| 1980 | ||||
Problem of Extradition Affecting Refugees 1980, para. (e) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Expressed the hope that due regard be had to the principle of non-refoulement in the application of existing treaties relating to extradition; |
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| 1980 | ||||
General Conclusion On International Protection 2008, para. (p) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Encourages UNHCR to continue its efforts in collaboration with resettlement countries to promote the use of resettlement strategically; |
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| 2008 | ||||
Refugee Women 1988, para. 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Encouraged the High Commissioner to develop training modules to be offered to UNHCR staff and implementing partners to increase their awareness of the specific needs of refugee women and practical means of addressing these needs; |
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| 1988 | ||||
Conclusion on Protracted Refugee Situations 2009, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Further noting that States' domestic laws could offer more protection and assistance, as appropriate, than outlined in the 1951 Convention, |
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| 2009 | ||||
General Conclusion On International Protection 1991, para. (v) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Calls upon the High Commissioner to continue to contribute, as appropriate, to the deliberations of international human rights bodies. |
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| 1991 | ||||
General Conclusion On International Protection 2003, para. (y) | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Calls on UNHCR to continue to provide technical and advisory services concerning statelessness to all interested States and partners. |
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| 2003 | ||||
Registration of Refugees and Asylum-seekers 2001, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Noting also that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in article 27, calls on States Parties to issue identity papers to refugees; |
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| 2001 | ||||
Refugee Women 1988, para. 1 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Expressed appreciation for the Note on Refugee Women (A/AC.96/XXXIX/CRP.1), particularly its emphasis on the interdependence of the problems and special needs of refugee women in regard to assistance, protection and durable solutions; |
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| 1988 | ||||
Note on International Protection 1990, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Negotiated soft law | ExCom Conclusion | Appreciating the comprehensive approach taken in the High Commissioner's Note on International Protection in presenting some considerations for developing refugee strategies; |
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| 1990 |