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Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status

难民身份认定程序与标准手册及国际保护准则

Issuing institutionUNHCR
Date / versionReissued February 2019
Document typeUNHCR interpretive handbook
CRM statusSource verified
CRM EDITORIAL SUMMARY

Summary

The Handbook explains the refugee definition, burden and standard of proof, credibility, persecution grounds and protection criteria.

Document framework

Organised around elements of the definition, procedure and proof, together with UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection.

Potential use

Useful for asylum claims, witness statements, legal opinions and refugee-status determination.

Refugee statusEvidenceCredibility
Suggested citation

UNHCR, Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status and Guidelines on International Protection, reissued February 2019.

Source note

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