Welcome to the UNHCR WASH Website. Guidelines, references, tools and technical designs for refugee settings. Learn more by clicking here! ... Download UNHCR’s guidance manual for WASH in refugee settings. Monitoring System. See aspects of UNHCR…
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The Protection Manual is UNHCR's repository of protection policy and guidance. 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 …
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Apr 01, 2011 . The manual has been developed in connection with UNHCR's 10-Point Plan of Action, which was launched in 2006 to help governments identify and protect refugees within increasingly …
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UNHCR values the welfare of staff and emergency responders. This section provides advice for emergency responders on different aspects of staying healthy, and where to seek help in case needed. It describes support mechanisms in place for UNHCR …
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UNHCR Manual Chapter 8 Page 2 of 301 Original Dec 2003 Record of Changes Insert future changes to this Chapter as instructed before completing the table below
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Visit our …
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A French version of the Manual will be released soon, and an Arabic edition by the end of 2008. Title UNHCR Manual on a Community Based Approach in UNHCR Operations
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UNHCR WASH MANUAL | INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction UNHCR has the primary responsibility for coordinating, drafting, updating and promoting guidance related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in refugee settings. This WASH Manual …
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The UNHCR WASH Manual (7th Edition, February 2020) is the result of an open and collaborative process with WASH actors who have active programmes supporting refugees.
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Find out more about UNHCR WASH activities in refugee settings. Download UNHCR’s guidance manual for WASH in refugee settings. See aspects of UNHCR’s WASH Monitoring System for refugees.
Under each heading, the documents are arranged in reverse chronological order and are accessible through a hyperlink. Documents from external sources are generally not included (unless they provide guidance on protection-related topics that also applies to or has specifically been endorsed by UNHCR, such as interagency guidance).
UNHCR’s Evolving Responsibilities 1.2 Protection, Assistance and Durable Solutions 1. International Protection 2. Refugee Status 3. Protection and Assistance 4. Durable Solutions 5. Preventing Refugee Crises 1.3 Who Are the Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced?
Issued in 2015, this is the 4th edition of UNHCR’s Handbook for Emergencies, first published in 1982. This digital edition replaces all previous print editions of the Emergency Handbook. It is primarily a tool for UNHCR emergency operations and its workforce. Most of the Emergency Handbook content is publicly available.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Handbook and Guidelines on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, December 2011, HCR/1P/4/ENG/REV. 3, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4f33c8d92.html [accessed 18 July 2021]
The “Handbook and Guidelines on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status” (the Handbook) is issued in accordance with UNHCR’s supervisory responsibility under its Statute, the 1951 Convention, its 1967 Protocol and regional instruments.
Its key elements include: a definition of the term refugee (with provisions for inclusion, exclusion and cessation); a guarantee of protection against refoulement; and a set of minimum civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.